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Colorado River Water Released

The Department of the Interior and seven Colorado River Basin States will implement a drought contingency plan all of the states signed in 2019. New...

Elected Officials Hold Redistricting Meetings

    The Citizens Redistricting Committee had a community meeting Sunday afternoon at the Santa Claran Hotel in Española.     The meeting came after the United...

Adoption Fees Waived at Animal Shelter

    The Española Valley Humane Society will participate during the week of Aug. 16 to 22 in an “Empty the Shelters” adoption event at...

North Central Works to Catch up As Trucks Remain Problem

    Friday’s (8/13) priority will be the Thursday Red Route(side roads in Ranchitos, McCurdy Road north of Fairview Lane, & El Llano north of...

Jemez GM Concerned Pueblos Could Exit Co-op

  Tri-State Generation and Transmission CEO Duane Highley visited with the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of trustees July 23 during its monthly meeting.   ...

Teen Tries New County Fair Cow/Calf Pair Entry

    Hernandez resident Andrea Thronas has been showing at the Rio Arriba County Fair for six years, with the exception of last year due...

He’s Got It all Covered: Hogs, Bugs and Baking

  Eleven-year-old Favian Vigil, of Abiquiú, has a packed County Fair to get ready for.     “I’m doing pigs, I’m doing bugs too, I’m also...

Sporting Club Helps Pay Young Guns’ Shooting Trip

    Upon returning from the Junior Olympics Shooting Championship in Hillsdale, Mich. the Los Alamos Young Guns were awarded $3,500 by the Northern Rio...

Trash Authority Battles with Breakdowns, Collections

 Despite record levels of recovering back and missing payments, North Central Solid Waste Authority Board members and staff discussed at its monthly board meeting...

Former County Commissioner on Trial for Campaign Contribution

  The Santa Fe District Court bench trial for former Rio Arriba County commissioner Barney Trujillo began Thursday (7/22). Trujillo faces charges for failure...

Open Government Group Seeks Award Nominees

    The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award –...

New County Manager Says Communication Key

   Lucia Sanchez is returning to work at Rio Arriba County for the first time in over four years, this time as County manager.   ...

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