Rio Arriba County Manager Lucia Sanchez was fired at a special county commission meeting Friday afternoon in what one commissioner called a pre-orchestrated, political move plotted by his fellow commissioners.
Rio Arriba County Manager Lucia Sanchez was given a raise of $12,816 after over a year of service to the county’s constituents, and this raise will put her salary at
The U.S. Forest Service is now implementing a new plan that would completely change how the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico is managed by prioritizing sustainability, watershed health, and curbing land usage. But, officials with Rio Arriba County are asking Congress to put a stop to it––claiming the plan violates the rights of their citizens.