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Jemez Co-op Customers Still Receiving Disconnect Notices

Even though Jemez Mountains Electric Co-op officials said they would not disconnect customers’ power for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis, customers have received...

State Opens Drive-Thru Testing in Tierra Amarilla

The New Mexico Department of Health is hosting public drive-thru testing at the Tierra Amarilla Rio Arriba County Annex, at 149 State Road 162...

Staying Healthy and Connected in Quarantine

For Corrine Sanchez, the Coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity to uphold longstanding practices that keep people healthy and connected, even if they cannot be...

Remote Work Not Always Possible for County Workers

Rio Arriba County Commissioners declared a local state of emergency March 27 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. As of Tuesday evening, there are four...

Five Test Positive for Coronavirus in Rio Arriba

As of April 2, five cases of COVID-19 were found in Rio Arriba County.  The County’s first two cases were announced March 25: a woman...

Northern Governments Brace for Economic Fallout of Pandemic

Northern New Mexico leaders are grappling with how to handle the looming economic crisis and are implementing measures to try to prevent the spread...

Virus Forces Census Officials into Plan B

Rio Arriba County’s Census team is coming up with new ways to foster community. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, United Way of Northern New Mexico, which...

Updated: Kit Carson Electric Offering Free WiFi

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative is providing free public WiFi access from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the following locations. The SSID is Kit...

Coronavirus Testing Underway in Rio Arriba

At least 65 people tested positive for COVID-19 in New Mexico as of Sunday evening, a little over a week after Gov. Michelle Lujan...

Ranchers Ask Growing Recreation Industry for Respect

At the Fifth Annual Rio Chama Congreso Feb. 29, ranchers and recreationists discussed how participants in the state’s growing recreation industry can best respect...

Repairs to El Vado Dam Begin Next Year

Beginning in 2021, the Bureau of Reclamation will repair El Vado Dam. Built in 1935, the dam is one of the only steel faceplated dams...

‘Political Issues’ Surround Opening of Jemez Solar Array

In Alcalde stands a field of solar panels, a 2.5 megawatt array, which, on Feb. 25, began providing power to people in Jemez Mountain...

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