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Lights out for Rio Arriba County

    Half of Española was left in the dark during the evening of Sept. 14, when allegedly high wind tripped a breaker on a...

Accusations Fly at E-911 Meeting

    The Española/Rio Arriba E-911 Dispatch Center is moving forward with hiring a director from within the organization, following a contentious Board meeting, Sept....

Trash Being Dumped at Alcalde Cemetery

    As Karla Garcia Sorrell walked out of La Loma Vista Cemetery in Alcalde, she stopped next to a pile of large, black, torn-open...

Vandals Strike Statue, Center

    The towering statue of Don Juan de Oñate, in front of the Rio Arriba County-owned Oñate Monument Center, is easily seen when driving...

Jemez Board Agrees To Send Tri-State Letter

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees voted to send a letter to Tri-State Generation and Transmission, asking to discuss the possibility...

County GRT Increase Approved

  Expect to pay more for most goods and services in Rio Arriba County, beginning Jan. 1.     The ordinance to increase the County’s Gross...

La Arbolera Basketball Court Falls to Pieces

    The Rio Arriba County logo sits in the middle of the basketball court at La Arbolera playground in Chimayó.     The logo is supposed...

Alleged Murderer Moved from TA Jail

    A court-contracted psychologist found Damian Herrera, 21, not competent to stand trial in an evaluation issued, July 12.     On July 21, his cases,...

Chama Mayor Resigns

    After eight months as the mayor of the Village of Chama, Ron Russom resigned, Aug 16.     Two days later, on Aug. 18, Village...

Break out the Roasters, It’s Chile Time Again

    Outside of Center Market, David Bourger watched as his 40-pound burlap sack of extra-hot green chile was dumped into a roaster.     The flame,...

County GRT Could go up Jan. 1

    Inside the two-car garage of JJ’s Automotive, an auto body repair shop located in Hernandez, a fine powder, sanded off the doors and...

Livestock Raises Moo-lah at Fair

    For the second consecutive year, 10-year-old Belita Martinez walked across the woodchip- and sawdust-covered floor of the Abiquiú Rural Events Center arena as...

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