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Remote Work Not Always Possible for County Workers

County
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

City
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

County
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

County
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

County
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

City
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

County
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

County
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

County
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...

Diverse Coalition Promotes Census

City
With less than two weeks to go before households begin receiving official mail from the Census bureau, local officials are brainstorming creative ways to...

Former County Fire Marshal Charged with Battery

Cops Courts
Former Rio Arriba fire marshal Carlos Esquibel was charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly punching a man in the face at an Alcalde gas...

Sheriff Thumbs Nose at ‘Red-Flag’ Law

Cops Courts
Rio Arriba Sheriff James Lujan says he will not enforce the controversial “red-flag” gun safety law signed into legislation by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham...
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