Molly Montgomery

Progressive Challengers Upset Roundhouse Incumbents

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Progressive Democrats won bids for state legislative seats representing residents of Rio Arriba County. Española Moving Arts founder Roger Montoya defeated Cimarrón Village Councilor Matthew...

COVID-19 Claims First Life in Rio Arriba

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The first COVID-19 related death in Rio Arriba County occurred Thursday (5/28) evening. The person who died was a male in his 70s who had...

Study: Pandemic Job Losses Will Push At Least 102,000 New Mexicans off Health Insurance

County
Between the middle of March and the end of April, over 120,000 New Mexicans filed for unemployment. Along with their jobs, thousands have presumably lost...

Rio Arriba Sheriff Arrested

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Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies clasped hands outside the County Sheriff’s Office in Española Thursday afternoon, bowed their heads and prayed.  Hours earlier, their leader,...

Groups Demand Relief for Nuclear Frontline Communities

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Over 120 local and national organizations are urging the U.S. Congress to provide assistance to nuclear frontline communities. The organizations sent a letter May 5...

Opioid Pandemic Prepared Rio Arriba For COVID-19

County
The Rio Arriba County Health and Human Services Department was able to quickly respond to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic because of...

Incumbent Backed by Top Senate Democrats

County
Voters in the June 2 Democratic primary will have a choice between newcomer Leo Jaramillo and the incumbent Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Española, for the...

Locals Critical of Candidate’s History with CIA

County
Of the seven Democratic candidates in the race for the U.S. Third Congressional District seat, former CIA officer Valerie Plame and Santa Fe-based lawyer...

Wait for PIN to Complete Census, Committee Warns

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Rio Arriba County residents who have not received a Personal Identification Number (PIN) for filling out the Census should wait to fill out their...

Rio Arriba Sees 70 Percent Jump in Cases in Single Week

City
Between April 28 and Tuesday, the number of COVID-19 cases in Rio Arriba County rose dramatically, by more than 70 percent. By April 28, 14...

Unsafe to Reopen Rio Arriba, Experts Say

City
As people around the country debate the costs and benefits of lifting shelter-in-place orders and reopening, public health officials in Rio Arriba County maintain...

Small Businesses Not Getting Emergency Aid

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Española Fitness Studio Owner Tana Beverwyk-Abouda was washing dishes the afternoon of April 8 when a friend texted her and told her to immediately...
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