Molly Montgomery

Jicarilla Nation Virus Outbreak Prompts Lockdown

County
   The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 on the Jicarilla Apache Nation and in surrounding communities increased sharply last week.     As of...

Law Enforcement Board Suspends Sheriff’s Certificate

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    The New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board suspended Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan’s law enforcement certification in a July 16 hearing.     Because...

Virus Doesn’t Slow Lowriders

City
    Masked and maintaining distance, about 20 members of the Valley’s lowrider community gathered in the parking lot of Quick Stop July 18 to...

More Pay Goes to Jemez Board Majority Faction

County
   This spring, Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative Board members considered to be in the Board minority faction received less compensation than members considered to...

Solar Loans for Co-op Members

County
    Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative is launching a program to help Co-op member-owners afford residential solar systems.     Member-owners will be able to apply for...

Jemez Co-op Revenue Plunges about $500k Monthly

County
   Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative’s revenue has taken a hit because of COVID-19.     “We need to re-do the budget, Ernesto, I think we need...

County Cancels 4-H Fair

County
    Due to the risk of coronavirus transmission, the Rio Arriba County Fair Board has canceled the County Fair.     County Fair Association Board Chair...

Letter Calls for Pandemic Relief to Include Migrants

County
Thirty percent of Hispanic adults in New Mexico did not receive CARES Act stimulus payments, according to a new survey from Latino Decisions, released...

Regulators Deny Request to Fund Superfund Cleanup

City
The Environmental Protection Agency and the New Mexico Environment Department have denied requests from the city of Española and Rio Arriba County that the...

Inequities Edited Out of Los Alamos National Lab Study

City
Los Alamos National Laboratory struck information from a commissioned study that would have shown that the Lab’s fiscal impact on surrounding counties–especially on Rio...

County Takes Down Oñate Monument

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On Monday afternoon in Alcalde, atop the pedestal where hours before a monument to the Spanish colonizer Don Juan de Oñate had stood, Than...

Police Violence Drives County Insurance Costs

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The consequences of police violence in Rio Arriba County will likely drive up the County’s insurance deductible. In the last 12 years, roughly half of...
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