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Regulators Deny Request to Fund Superfund Cleanup

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

Chama Calls Off July 4th Gathering

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This story has been updated since it was originally published. It initially misquoted Rio Arriba County Health and Human Services Director Lauren Reichelt, due...

Inequities Edited Out of Los Alamos National Lab Study

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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...

Authorities Arrest Rio Arriba Sheriff Again

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Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan was arrested–again. At 3 p.m. on Thursday (6/4), he turned himself into the New Mexico State Police in Española. Present...

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...

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...

Groups Demand Relief for Nuclear Frontline Communities

City
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

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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

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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...
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