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From New Mexico's statehood to the early 1930s Rio Arriba was a traditional Republican county. The county became a Democratic stronghold from the 1930s onwards. The last Republican presidential candidate to carry the county was Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. [16] No Republican candidate for governor has won the county since at least 1966. [17]
The territorial legislature located Rio Arriba's county seat in Las Nutrias and renamed the village in 1880. [5]: 352–353 The Denver and Rio Grande Railway's 1881 arrival at Chama, [9] about ten miles to the north, had profound effects on the development of the region by bringing the area out of economic and cultural isolation. [8]
On June 5, 1967, in Tierra Amarilla, a small band of Chicanos affiliated with Alianza Federal de Mercedes attempted to arrest the county's district attorney and put him on trial. [4] There were shots fired and two men were wounded. The invaders held the courthouse for two hours, ransacking it, but the district attorney was out of town.
May 6—A District Court judge has granted a Rio Arriba County man's request to circulate a petition seeking the recall of County Commissioner Alex Naranjo. District Judge Marie Ward — a ...
Dec. 21—A special prosecutor has dismissed perjury charges against Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alex Naranjo and former County Manager Tomas Campos in a case involving the North Central Solid ...
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) –The Rio Arriba Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for fraud. According to a news release, on Dec. 13 a Rio Arriba County resident reported receiving a call ...
On June 5, 1967, Tijerina and 20 men occupied the Rio Arriba County courthouse in the town of Tierra Amarilla. They attempted to make a citizen's arrest of the district attorney, Alfonso Sanchez (who was not present), "to bring attention to the unscrupulous means by which government and Anglo settlers had usurped Hispanic land grant properties ...
Jul. 31—The state Attorney General's Office intends to investigate a special grand jury's allegation the North Central Regional Solid Waste Authority harmed the citizens of Rio Arriba County ...