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Fewer Overdose Cases Arriving at Española Hospital

New data demonstrates that Rio Arriba County and community efforts to meet the needs of people with substance use disorder are working. Overdose cases reported...

Deportations Leave Valley Residents Fearful of Census

Rio Arriba County commissioners passed a resolution Jan. 28 vowing to support the County’s immigrant community during the 2020 Census. Following the resolution, County officials...

Family Settles with County After Tasing

The family of a teenager with special needs reached a settlement with Rio Arriba County for an undisclosed sum Monday after a sheriff’s deputy...

County Inks Program to Keep Patients out of Jail

Rio Arriba County officials said they will work to reduce incarceration rates of people with mental illnesses. As part of a national initiative called Stepping...

Jemez Raffle Money Returned

An anonymous letter, dated Dec. 9, was sent to the New Mexico Gaming Control Board reporting the Defense Against Jemez Co-op Corruption raffle as...

Trustee a No-Show at Jemez Conflict Meeting

Trustees of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board filled out reports about potential conflicts of interest at the beginning of a Jan. 24 Board...

Jemez Co-op to Lobby Against Renewable Energy Tax

Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative has hired a lobbyist to represent Co-op interests in the 2020 legislative session—though over half of the Board of Trustees...

New Mexico Oil and Gas Again Subject to Fines

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division was granted the power to fine oil and gas companies Jan. 16, an ability it lost 11 years...

Co-op Board to Study Pullout from Tri-State

The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board is exploring the possibility of opting out of its contract with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. Tri-State, an electrical...

Fired Lineman Sues Electric Cooperative

Jimmy Lucero, a former employee of Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, allegedly experienced bullying, discrimination and harassment from supervisors and fellow employees while working at...

Demanding Respect, Better Pay, Tierra Amarilla Medical Staff Resign

In an act of protest, with hopes of negotiating, five people resigned in November from Tierra Amarilla’s Emergency Medical Services program. The five, including driver...

New Health Facility Expected This Spring

By springtime, residents of the Valley will have access to a new behavioral healthcare facility. A behavioral health organization called Darrin’s Place is planning to...

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