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Commissioner Wants Leave Policy Reevaluated

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    Rio Arriba County leaders are exploring the policy that governs mandatory time off County employees take when the offices close after the Christmas...

Things Buzzing at Las Parras

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On a cold Thanksgiving Day in 1995, a  visitor from Wyoming made a discovery in Abiquiú.     Stan Bader, a former U.S. West executive nearing...

Specialist, Jujubes Both Native to China

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When fruit specialist Shengrui Yao first arrived in Alcalde for her job interview in 2009 at the New Mexico State University Sustainable Agriculture Science...

Herbs: They’re Not Just for Cooking

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There are some things a girl can only learn from her grandmother, and most of them are part and parcel of the oral traditions...

Hard Cider Apples Gain Popularity

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Tim Seaman’s apple orchard, Los Silvestres, (“the Wilds”) is located on the Rio Chama, three miles upstream from the village of Abiquiú. The name...

La Madera’s Heirloom Garlic Farmer

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Farmers in the 21st century are an increasingly rare act, but for Rio Arriba farmers like Bill Page, the centuries-old tradition is alive and...

Cooperating with Nature, Farmers

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Hidden behind his home off Upper San Pedro Road, Steve Jaramillo grows an astonishing variety of vegetables that he sells to local businesses like...

Apple Guru or Soil Whisperer?

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Gordon Tooley has a strong support base.     “He’s an apple guru,” Gino Brazil said enthusiastically.     “A soil whisperer,” Tim Seaman said.     Both are talking...

Apple Guru or Soil Whisperer?

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Gordon Tooley has a strong support base.     “He’s an apple guru,” Gino Brazil said enthusiastically.     “A soil whisperer,” Tim Seaman said.     Both are talking...

Fundraising at a higher level

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Helen Finch is no stranger to people in the Española Valley. On any given day, she can be seen handing out loaves of banana...

La Madera man ‘will always help everybody’

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Felipe Ortega was a whirlwind of activity Aug. 1 at his home in La Madera. He had just returned from helping local resident Victoria...

A Lifetime of ImprovingRural Health Care

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As a girl growing up in Connecticut, Carol Miller had no idea how a post-college trip would help shape her life. But after studying...
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