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Redistricting Options Move Forward

The Citizens Redistricting Committee has selected the maps that it will forward to an analyst to check against partisan data before being submitted to...

Abiquiú Cafe Owner Pushes For County Beer, Wine License

The Rio Arribba County Commission held a hearing during its Sept. 26 meeting to determine if Café Sierra Negra owner Melodie Milhoan could obtain...

Man Pleads in Child Porn Case

David Dear, Ohkay Owingeh, pleaded no contest in First Judicial Dsitrict Court Oct. 7 to charges of felony possession of child porn. Seventy-five-year-old Dear agreed...

Chimayó Residents, Officials Discuss Low-cost Broadband

Residents of Chimayó met with county officials to discuss upcoming plans for Redi-Net at the Arboleda Park Sept. 23. Redi-Net Chairman Raymond Ortiz spoke alongside...

Alcalde/Velarde Firewise Group Wins Community Service Award

The Alcalde/Velarde Firewise Community was awarded a community service award by the Rio Arriba County Commission during its Sept. 28 meeting.  Firewise is a national...

Las Clinicas Director Honored

Jeanne Alvarez, Medical Director of Las Clinicas Del Norte, in El Rito, was named the 2021 Medical Provider of the Year by the New...

County Archives Move to Digital

In the Rio Arriba County annex in Tierra Amarilla exists the environmentally-controlled County archives. In the hallway outside the archives, books rest on carts acclimating...

U.S. Rep Dances Her Way Through Tour

U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez met with local acequia leaders Aug. 31 while touring the ditch systems around Abiquiú. Discussion focused on the resources the...

Commission Opposes Conservation Plan

Rio Arriba County Commissioners passed a resolution Aug. 31 opposing the federal government’s “30 by 30" conservation plan. The executive order from President Joe Biden...

County Receives $1 Million Grant To Convert Facility

Rio Arriba County has received a $1 million grant to help convert the former Cariño del los Niños Charter school into a workforce training...

No Quorum, No Business at Annual Jemez Co-op Meeting

    No quorum was reached and no action was taken Sunday at the annual Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative membership meeting.     Co-op board president Dennis...

Trash Authority Buys New/Used Trucks

    The North Central Solid Waste Authority is in the process of adding to its fleet. During the Authority’s monthly board meeting, Authority General...

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