Laura Onstot

El Rito Fire 100 Percent Contained

9/29/05     Not a single home was touched, but this month's wildfire outside El Rito burned almost 4,000 acres of the Carson National Forest.     On...

County Building Doubles in Cost

9/29/05     Rio Arriba County will spend more than double what was planned for a permanent livestock canopy at the Rural Events Center and County...

County’s Piñon Hills Costs Go Up Again

9/29/05     The Piñon Hills Drug Treatment Center in Velarde will get a new commercial-grade kitchen, but it will add even more money to the...

Bill to Give Alcalde Land to Rio Arriba For School, Church Clears Committee

10/6/05     A U.S. committee has approved transferring 171 acres of federal land in Alcalde to Rio Arriba County as a site for a new...

Harvest Time

9/29/05     Velarde apple growers spent Tuesday preparing to send their first shipment out of a controversial apple shed that has been a sore spot...

Hernandez Fire Department Approved for New Building

9/29/05     After waiting almost three years, Agua Sana Fire Chief Ron Karcher is getting a fire station.     On Sept. 21, County Commissioners Andrew Chavez...

Pueblo Celebrates New Library

10/6/05     San Juan Pueblo residents celebrated the opening of their new community library Sept. 30 with song, dance and, of course, Frito Pies.     Over...

Afflicted Fish Force Hatchery to Start Over

9/29/05     It will be at least another year before the Parkview Hatchery contributes trout to the lakes and streams of Northern New Mexico.     Whirling...

Hearing Delayed on Plans For Cebolla Gun Testing

9/29/05     Rio Arriba County's request for a sound test will postpone a much-delayed hearing in a proposed ballistics testing facility in Cebolla.      Area residents...

State Official: Mine Velarde Site to Reclaim It

10/6/05     State Public Lands Commissioner  Patrick Lyons said it's always been his intention that a sand and gravel mine in Velarde be restored to...

County Debates Providing Health Insurance

10/13/05     Rio Arriba County Commissioners are considering a property tax increase to provide health insurance to all Rio Arribans who lack it. It would...

State Officials Dodge Questions, Requests on Travel

10/27/05     State administrative code mandates that state aircraft only be used for state business. Regulations issued by the General Services Department state: "State aircraft...

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