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Opioid Presentation Lacks Focus on Heroin, Answers

    Project OPEN, the Opioid Prevention Education Network, held its first training in Española, hosted by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas.     Although the...

Hondito Fire Continues to Burn As Controlled Fire

   A low-intensity fire in the Carson National Forest has already burned 7,200 acres and is being helped along by fire crews, smoking up...

Hondito Fire Continues to Burn Near Tres Piedras

    Lightning struck the Hondito Canyon, four miles southwest of Tres Piedras, and was discovered May 15.  Because the area is located adjacent to...

Jemez Electric Co-op Experiencing Boom

    Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative is experiencing a boom to its General Fund.     During the review of the March financial report at the April...

Student Spellers Show Their Skills

    Maria Romero, a sixth-grader from Española Elementary School, won the 34th Annual Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Spanish Spelling Contest when she correctly spelled...

Nursing Legacy Recognized

    Dorothy Montoya, known to many as Dottie, sits at her rustic, wooden kitchen table as the afternoon sun filters through an oversized window.   ...

Hiring Freeze Grips County

    As Rio Arriba County officials brace themselves to face up to a $3.7 million budget deficit for the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year, County Manager...

Trash Authority Has Unreconciled Accounts

    Despite the North Central Solid Waste Authority paying $500 a year to a software company, to complete the yearly bank reconciliations, two accounts...

For the Love of Chihuahuas

    The stereotype about Chihuahuas is they are small, yappy ankle-biters, but the Española Valley Humane Society wants to show a different side of...

County May Face $3.7M Deficit

    Furloughs, cuts to retirement contributions and tax increases are all on the table to balance Rio Arriba County’s 2017-2018 Fiscal Year Budget.     The...

Harnessing the Sun’s Power

In the parking lot of Northern New Mexico College, DiAna Cuevas Martinez kneels beside a white box, 4-feet on each side, lined with a...

Governor Vetoes Bill Expanding OD Immunity Act

    On April 6, Gov. Susana Martinez signed into law House Bill 370, which requires law enforcement agencies across the state to carry Narcan,...

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