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, […]
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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 […]
Santa Fe, Rio Rancho hospitals named to Lown Institute ‘Honor Roll’ for acute care
Jun. 24—Two New Mexico hospitals, one of which is in Santa Fe, have been named to the Lown Institute’s annual “Honor Roll” for acute care. According to the institute, 154 acute care hospitals are recognized each year out of nearly 3,000 nationwide and are scored on measures of equity, value and outcomes. The University of […]
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, […]
Visiting the Rio Puerco Valley volcano necks is like landing on another planet
Jun. 16—RIO PUERCO VALLEY — David Ryan is driving his 2013 blue Ford Escape from Bernalillo northwest along U.S. 550 early on a recent weekday morning. He’s got one-half of the back seat dropped down to support a dog bed, on which his rat terrier Sparky and rat terrier/Chihuahua mix Sami are reclining. “It’s right […]
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 […]
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Rio Rancho students head to history competition after Stonewall Riots documentary
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Local high school students are representing New Mexico at a national competition, thanks to their documentary highlighting an important moment for LGBTQ Plus rights. “I think it’s very important to draw attention to something like this and it’s like an honor to be a part of that,” said Catherine Tigert, a Rio Rancho […]
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 […]
Rio de Janeiro bay reforestation shows mangroves’ power to mitigate climate disasters
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At the rear of Rio de Janeiro’s polluted Guanabara Bay, thousands of mangroves rise as tall as 13 feet (about 4 meters) from a previously deforested area. The 30,000 trees, planted by non-profit organization Instituto Mar Urbano over four years in the Guapimirim environmental protection area, stand as an example […]
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 […]