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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...

County Furloughs Reduced

    Rio Arriba County employees can let out at small sigh of relief, as the final iteration of the County’s budget eliminates half of...

It’s Rio Arriba County Fair Time

    Between April and the end of July, Lindsey Martinez has spent every morning and evening outside with her fat, pink, dirt-dusted, female Yorkshire...

Jemez Co-op Board Member Returns

    John Tapia, the former District 6 Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees representative, was elected as trustee at large, during the July...

Senior Centers to Remain open

    Despite a $433,650 cut to the Rio Arriba County Seniors Department budget in the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year, there will be minimal changes to...

Foster Parents Open Hearts, Homes

    One woman from El Rito has spent 60 years raising children, as both a foster parent, and biological parent.     Reyes Ortega, 83, has...

Tour Explores Hidden Pueblo

    Along the dirt and gravel road leading to Sapawe Pueblo, clusters of small white butterflies hover low to the ground, weaving between the...

County’s Preliminary Budget Includes Furloughs

    Rio Arriba County Finance Director Christine Montaño submitted a budget, June 1, to the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration that requires...

Beating the Summertime Blues

    School is out, and while it may be tempting for children to sit inside munching on chips and playing video games all day,...

New Solution For Old Problem

    Inside of a bright, airy room lined with windows, Guadalupe Salazar sits at the head of a folding plastic table.     Across from her,...

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