Valencia County

I think what a lot of people don't realize is we have been, I don't like the word to use lucky, but let's use the word lucky.

We haven't faced a large fire along this river, but I think it was last year, year before last, last year, that we had 12 homes burned because of a Bosque fire in Valencia County.

Mm-hmm.

Right? And so by transitioning that Bosque, we make it more fire resilient, and by transitioning it, we also make that Bosque use less water.

forward.

That's exactly the way it should be, because right now you can go down into Valencia County and whether you like Facebook or not, Facebook, the people there are actually appreciating the economic opportunities that that project has brought.

Construction jobs, a lot of local activity there.

And if you talk to local leadership there in Valencia County, Facebook has done very well for them.

And they've become a really great partner on a philanthropy stance as well.

So they are actually very pleased.

And that was a decision that Valencia County made.

So let the counties and the cities make these decisions.

Exactly.

So all of that put together, they made that decision for their community and they made that decision with Valencia County.

Right.

So those were the decisions they made.

Additionally, these photos were given to the FBI for further investigation in hope of finding fingerprints or possible DNA evidence.

Twenty years after she disappeared that fateful day in September of 1988, the sheriff of Valencia County, California at the time, Rene Rivera, reported that he had received what he believed to be credible information that finally explained what had happened to Tara.

This information alleged that some boys who knew her drove up behind her in a truck and some form of car accident followed.

Tara later died and those responsible covered up the crime.

As of 2017, no arrests had been made and the case remained open.

On October 1, 2019, the FBI announced that they are offering a reward of up to $20,000 for precise details leading to the identification or location of Tara Lee Calico and information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her disappearance.

In September 2021, the Valencia County Sheriff's Office and the New Mexico State Police issued a statement that they have a new lead in the case and that the focus of a sealed warrant for an unknown private residence located within Valencia County has been issued.

However, no further details were provided and there have been no additional updates since that time.

It is so dark out there again.

They're, like, hanging over Rancho de Gaba down in Valencia County right now.

Like, it is just nasty

looking.