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Agencies Offer Shopping Advice

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From a press release 11/26/09     The state Attorney General’s Office and the Federal Trade Commission are offering shoppers the following guidelines to get the best...

County Fair Schedule

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    The 2008 Rio Arriba County Fair will be held next week at the Rural Events Center on State Road 554 near Abiquiú. Wednesday (7/30)    ...

Four-Day Week Could Save Chama Schools Thousands

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7/31/08     Rising fuel and utility costs could mean Chama School District students will only go to school four days a week this coming school...

Gallina

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The more Gallina has changed over the past century, the more it has stayed the same.     Historically reliant on subsistence farming and remittances from...

Sales Taxes Still Low

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11/26/09     At the end of the first four months of this fiscal year, the city of Española’s gross receipts tax revenue, which makes up...

Probe Opened into Ex-Chief’s Phone Bill

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11/19/09     Rio Arriba County is investigating the spending of taxpayer money on a former Abiquiú fire chief’s phone bill.     County Manager Lorenzo Valdez confirmed...

1982 Cold Case Reopened

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10/29/09     Almost 30 years after the bodies of two unidentified murder victims were found near the New Mexico-Colorado border, new DNA technology offers hope...

Challenges Unlikely in Ditch Elections

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The Santa Cruz Irrigation District is holding an election Dec. 9, but it doesn’t appear anything is going to change as a result.     Current...

Jack and Jill Owner Turns 100

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11/19/09     Longtime sole proprietor of and teacher at Jack and Jill Kindergarten, Ethel Medina, turned 100 years old Oct. 4. Her family celebrated with...

City Budget Done Again

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11/12/09     Española city officials are trying to make the second time the charm for the city’s budget, which was approved by the City Council...

Jail Starts Charging Inmates for Doctor Visits

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10/29/09     A new policy that charges Rio Arriba County Jail inmates for trips to the doctor has been questioned by the American Civil Liberties...

Audit: County Builders Underpaid Workers

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11/19/09     Several subcontractors involved in the construction of the Rio Arriba Health Commons underpaid their employees by a total of more than $39,000, according...
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