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New Health Care Rule Could Increase Teacher Vacancies

School district officials from around the state, including in the Española School District, are concerned a change in public employee health care rules could...

11 Years Later, Murder Suspect Charged

The 2008 cold case murder of a Truchas man will finally go to trial after alleged Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico (SNM) prison gang member...

Santa Cruz Priest Found Not Guilty

A jury found former Catholic priest Marvin Archuleta not guilty Tuesday on counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and attempted kidnapping for...

Jemez Raffle Money Returned

An anonymous letter, dated Dec. 9, was sent to the New Mexico Gaming Control Board reporting the Defense Against Jemez Co-op Corruption raffle as...

Trustee a No-Show at Jemez Conflict Meeting

Trustees of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board filled out reports about potential conflicts of interest at the beginning of a Jan. 24 Board...

Tasing Case Nears Settlement

A settlement is likely coming soon in the civil case between the family of a 15-year-old boy tased by former Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s...

Jemez Co-op to Lobby Against Renewable Energy Tax

Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative has hired a lobbyist to represent Co-op interests in the 2020 legislative session—though over half of the Board of Trustees...

New Mexico Oil and Gas Again Subject to Fines

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division was granted the power to fine oil and gas companies Jan. 16, an ability it lost 11 years...

Judge Denies Former Sheriff’s Early Release

Former Rio Arriba sheriff Tommy Rodella will serve the remaining five years of his sentence for violating a motorist’s civil rights, after a federal...

Co-op Board to Study Pullout from Tri-State

The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board is exploring the possibility of opting out of its contract with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. Tri-State, an electrical...

Supporters Lay Veteran to Rest

When James Griffin passed away at the age of 87, he was inside his Los Alamos home—alone. And for weeks after his death, Griffin...

Emails Between Electric Co-op, County Go Missing

An email exchange between Rio Arriba County officials and Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of trustees has gone missing. The emails’ absence was discovered by...

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