Tag: Rio

Shooting in El Rio turns fatal

A shooting reported early Sunday in El Rio turned fatal, authorities said. Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies responded shortly before 3 a.m. to the 1000 block of Collins Street in the unincorporated community on the north side of Highway 101. The site is west of Rose Avenue. A 23-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound, […]

Feds call off Rio Chama pesticide spraying for second straight year

Jun. 25—A plane will not spray billowing streams of insecticides this year onto a 35-square-mile area near the Rio Chama because grasshopper populations are too small to warrant such treatment. Federal pest-control managers, who’d considered the aerial spraying, called it off when grasshopper counts remained consistently below eight per square acre — the threshold deemed […]

Body of man missing since Sunday found in Rio Grande River

This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available. The search for a missing man ended in tragedy for a local family. The body of Hector Barraza, 59, was found in the Rio Grande River after a search that started on Sunday evening. According to a Doña Ana County news release, […]

Rio Tinto (RIO) Invests in R&D Facility for BioIron Testing

Rio Tinto RIO announced that it will invest $143 million to develop a research and development facility in Western Australia to test the effectiveness of its breakthrough low-carbon ironmaking process, BioIron. BioIron uses raw biomass material produced from agricultural by-products instead of metallurgical coal and is heated using a combination of gas released by the […]

Federal officials again consider Rio Chama pesticide spraying

Jun. 1—Federal officials again are considering aerial pesticide spraying in a scenic area of the Rio Chama, despite the backlash a similar plan drew last year from conservationists, tribal advocates and political leaders. Federal and private landowners have requested 22,500 acres — roughly 35 square miles — be treated to thwart the insects that consume […]

Federal agency modifying a Rio Grande stretch to improve water flow

Jun. 1—The Rio Grande has been reshaped by nature and humans, and now a portion flowing through the middle valley is about to be altered again. A four-mile stretch of the river running past the Bosque del Apache will be shifted eastward to lower ground to help gravity propel it more briskly and prevent it […]

Crews battle wildfire burning in Rio Arriba County

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews are battling the Indios Fire burning seven miles north of the village of Coyote. There are no closures in effect but recreation sites along the Continental Divide Trail may be affected. They say there are no threats to people or property. Smoke could affect communities along State Road 96 […]