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Brazos Fire Chief’s Widow Sues County, Kit Carson

    An attorney for the widow of former Brazos Canyon Fire Chief Michael Hays suspects evidence may have been removed from the scene of...

Burglars Rob, Burn Chimayó Home

    A Chimayó house was burglarized and burned in an apparent arson April 17 less than three weeks after another nearby home met the...

Trailer Destroyed in Suspected Arson

    An abandoned Airstream trailer was destroyed in a suspected arson Tuesday afternoon in Hernandez, according to Española Fire Chief John Kitchen and Rio...

Valley’s Reputation for Crime Counts for Little with Feds

    Rio Arriba County’s reputation for lawlessness apparently has not reached Washington, D.C.        The County has received only $24,043, or less than 1 percent,...

Census Bureau Begins Organizing 2010 Count

    The U.S. Census Bureau is gearing up for the 2010 census and began sending workers into the field Monday to verify addresses.     “Canvassers...

Rio Arriba Republicans Try To Pick Themselves Off the Mat

    Twenty aging Rio Arriba County Republican Party faithful met for a biennial convention April 5 in Alcalde to discuss their party’s future in...

County Pays Lawyers $295,000 in 2008

    Rio Arriba County paid private attorney Ted Trujillo’s law firm $276,580 in 2008 under a missing contract.     Trujillo’s fees represented the majority of...

State Not Doing Any Work on Rio Arriba Drilling Regulations

    Despite Governor Richardson’s announcement last year that he had ordered the state Oil Conservation Division to immediately prepare new rules for oil and...

Winter’s Last Hurrah?

    The powerful spring storm that hit Northern New Mexico from March 26 to 28 forced the cancellation of high school athletic events and...

Bovine TB Designation Lifted in Rio Arriba

    Rio Arriba County and most other New Mexico counties will be re-accredited as bovine tuberculosis free, the federal Agriculture Department announced Monday.        ...

Is Obama Group a Rising Force in Rio Arriba Politics?

    Barack Obama didn’t win Rio Arriba County in the Democratic Caucus last year, not by a long shot, but his presidential campaign did...

Rio Arriba’s Run-Off Forecast Looks Better Than Most of the State

    The March water supply forecast for New Mexico shows Rio Arriba County is doing better than many other parts of the when it...

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