Laura Onstot

Stand Off Closes Dulce Schools

2/23/06     An eight-hour stand off between federal agents and a suicidal Jicarilla Apache Nation man resulted in the closure of the Dulce School District...

Dulce Middle School Still Awaits Final Completion

2/16/06     Dulce Middle School was built with funds from a bond issue passed in 2004. But as a new bond issue went before voters...

State Considers Revamp of Los Alamos Highway

3/2/06     The highway between Los Alamos and Española is set to receive a major overhaul in the next two to three years, according to...

Bill Would Help Fire Volunteers

2/16/06     When the Cerro Grande fire swept through the Santa Fe National Forest in 2000, Irene Joseph worked a 16-hour shift as a Chamita...

Attorney Got $227k from Rio Arriba in 12 Months

2/23/06     During a 12-month period between 2004 and 2005, Rio Arriba County paid private attorney Ted Trujillo $227,804.64 in legal fees.     The County is...

Experts: Towers Safe

2/2/06     The Rio Arriba County Commission voted Jan. 26 to support efforts to discover the possible cancer-causing effects of radio and cell towers in...

Jicarilla Tribe Wants Out of Rio Arriba

2/9/06     The Jicarilla Apache Nation is pushing legislation that would be a preliminary step in allowing them to secede from Rio Arriba, a move...

Republicans Hope for Support

3/2/06     Rio Arriba Republican Party chair Geraldine Sanchez stood behind red, white, and blue decorations, Feb. 25, gavel in hand. Outside, cars and trucks...

Split Democratic Party Elects State Delegates

3/2/06     At 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Rio Arriba County Democrats waited with bated breath at their pre-primary convention. Many crowded around a white board while...

County Contractor Earns $94,862

1/12/06     Mary Louise Martinez, a contractor currently serving as the Rio Arriba County comptroller, was paid $94,862.50 between September 2004 and December 2005.     When...

Board Member Ousted from Railroad

2/2/06     Gov. Bill Richardson ousted fellow Democrat Rey Medina from the commission overseeing the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Medina said, and tapped Republican...

State Delays New Voting Machines

1/12/06     Rio Arriba County is supposed to have 43 of the new electronic voting machines in time for the November general election. But the...

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