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Election Showdown 2024: Rio Arriba County Treasurer

Joshua Marlo Martinez Running for county treasurer City of residence: Española Age: 29 Occupation: 3rd generation business owner of New Mexico Office Products formally known as Española Typewriter...

Election Showdown 2024: Rio Arriba County Clerk

Sarah Archuleta City of residence: Abiquiú Age: 53 Occupation: Rio Arriba County clerk Political experience: Chief deputy county treasurer, chief deputy county clerk and county clerk Describe the duties...

Election Showdown 2024: State Representative District 40 Candidate

Joseph Sanchez Running for State Representative District 40 City of residence: Alcalde Age: 45 Occupation: Engineering Manager at LANL Political experience: I am serving my fourth year in the...

Tempers Flare During NCSWA Meeting May 16

City Manager Eric Lujan and Board Member Dino Chavarria  Exchange Words After Comment The City of Española plans to exit the Joint Powers Agreement with the...

Stolen Trash Authority Truck Recovered

Two men were arrested and now face multiple criminal charges after allegedly stealing a truck from the North Central Solid Waste Authority. The truck, a...

Lawsuit with Alleged Shooter’s Family Settled

The family of a Sandia Park man accused of driving to a protest over the installation of the Don Juan de Oñate statue in...

Cell Tower Plan Has Resistance

A community meeting held April 18 and hosted by Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alex Naranjo, to discuss a proposed cell tower in Hernandez, drew...

Judge Approves Recall Petition

A La Madera activist will be allowed to start gathering signatures for a recall petition for County Commissioner Alex Naranjo after a district judge...

Early Voting Underway

The Primary Election is about a month away, on June 4, but early voting is already underway. It began on Tuesday and runs through...

Two Inmates Die at RACDC

The year is not even half over yet and so far, there have been at least two deaths at the Rio Arriba County Detention...

NMDOJ Issues Letter in OMA Violation Claim

Rio Arriba County Manager and former Española School Board president Jeremy Maestas is accused of violating the Open Meetings Act and now the New...

Answering the Calls

Dispatchers Celebrated During National Telecommunicators Week First responders are often acknowledged for the work they do to keep the community safe. There is National Law...

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