Laura Onstot

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...

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...

State Rep: Ask for Less

1/26/06     In the coming weeks, Rio Arriba County representatives will be lobbying legislators at the Santa Fe Roundhouse for more than $5 million in...

2006 Filing Day Fiascos

1/12/06     Last-second shenanigans, names plucked from a basket, election guidelines gone missing, and a candidate rendered ineligible and speechless.     It all happened Tuesday, the...

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...

Water Suit Will Cost At Least $269 Million

2/23/06     A Pojoaque Valley water system proposed under a new, tentative Aamodt suit settlement will eventually cost about $269 million, according to attorneys for...

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...

County Issuing Business Licenses

2/2/06     For the first time in two decades, Rio Arriba County will begin issuing business licenses, County officials said.     Socorro Hererra owns a restaurant...

Tierra Amarilla Clinic Fires Doc

1/26/06     La Clinica del Pueblo Executive Director Bernabe Madrid has had trouble retaining staff and money, according to documents and interviews.     An audit of...

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