In mid-July, Questa del Rio News was contacted by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. They reached out, seeking permission to archive stories from this paper, as it has been identified as an “historical and culturally significant website, designated for historical preservation.”

The request reads, in part, “The Library hopes that you share its vision of preserving digital content and making it available to current and future generations of researchers. As the internet has become an increasingly important and influential part of our lives, we believe the historical record would be incomplete if websites like yours are not preserved and made a part of it.”

Questa del Rio News has accepted this honorable request and moving forward, our site and social media page will be scanned at regular intervals to be added to the national archives.

“It is such an honor for our work to be seen as culturally and historically relevant to the official historical record of northern New Mexico,” says Questa del Rio News Editor Mikayla Ortega. “It’s been our goal to tell and maintain the history of our people, to the best of our ability. We are a unique culture, and our traditions are slowly disappearing as we lose our older generations. Maintaining these stories, traditions, history through our reporting… this is how we are doing our part to ensure our stories live on.”

Questa del Rio News encourages you to reach out to share your story, tradition, and history with our publication. You can submit your ideas to editor@questanews.com.