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Senate Bill Would Hinder County’s Ability To Regulate Drilling

    State Sen. Carroll Leavell (R-Jal) has introduced a bill prior to the upcoming legislative session that would strip New Mexico’s counties and cities...

New Leadership Chosen at Santa Clara and Ohkay Owingeh Pueblos

    The Santa Clara and Ohkay Owingeh pueblos both assumed new leadership this week.     Marcelino Aguino was appointed Jan. 1 to a two-year term...

Chama Lowe’s Overcharges Customers on Tax

    Attorney Beverly Graham is contemplating filing a lawsuit against Lowe’s Chama Valley Supermarket for overcharging customers on sales tax from its reopening Dec....

Disaster Declared in Rio Arriba after Snowstorm

    The Rio Arriba County Commission issued a disaster declaration on Dec. 27 after heavy snows hit Chama and much of the rest of...

PRC Investigates Jemez Co-op and Tri-State over Power Outages

    The state Public Regulation Commission is investigating the causes of repeated power outages that affected 25,000 Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative consumers in Rio...

Latest Census Data Show Drop in Rio Arriba’s Population

    The federal Census Bureau’s latest surveys show the median income and the poverty level in Rio Arriba County have increased and the population...

Chama’s Only Supermarket Reopens

    Ten months after heavy snows collapsed the roof of the only grocery store in Chama, Lowe’s Chama Valley Supermarket reopened Dec. 17 amid...

More Snow on the Way

    Chama residents braced themselves for more snow after receiving 13 inches of the white stuff Tuesday from a storm that began Monday afternoon....

911 Center Tussles with County Months after Lawsuit Dismissed

    The legal battle between the Española/Rio Arriba County 911 Center and the County is carrying on months after the lawsuit was dismissed in...

Chimayó Homeless Shelter Plan Abandoned

    Community opposition appears to have forced Interfaith Leap to search for another homeless shelter location for the third time in a little over...

Two Cell Towers Planned for County’s Dead Zones

    Parts of Rio Arriba County could see improved cellular coverage if Alltel activates one tower and gets permission to move ahead with another.    ...

911 Center Salaries

    The Española/Rio Arriba 911 Center is the creation of several governmental entities. The city of Española acts as the Center’s fiscal agent, while...

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