Bryant Furlow

Drug May Have Played Role in Kaiser’s Death in Jail

    Rio Arriba County Jail Guard Henry Gallegos found the body of Lawrence Kaiser Feb. 4, 2007, at 10 a.m. in a holding cell...

Española Hospital Director Resigns without Warning

    Española Hospital Administrator Derrick Yu resigned May 1 effective immediately, less than two months after he ordered controversial ambulance service cutbacks in Rio...

County’s Oil/Gas Revenue in Free Fall

    Rio Arriba County may face more than a $5 million shortfall next fiscal year due to plummeting oil and gas revenues.     The 2009-2010...

County Commission Chairman Plans Run for Jemez Co-op Board

    Rio Arriba County Commission Chairman Elias Coriz intends to declare his candidacy for the upcoming Jemez Mountains Electrical Cooperative Board of Trustees elections.    ...

Take Off Masks, Wash Your Hands If You Want To Avoid Swine Flu

    New Mexico has three confirmed cases of H1N1 “swine” flu, and the three people who caught it have already recovered, according to a...

Cost of $1.95 Million Chimayó Center Questioned

    Rio Arriba County officials have spent $1.95 million in taxpayer money on a community center in Chimayó that they don’t know how they...

Brazos Fire Chief’s Widow Sues County, Kit Carson

    An attorney for the widow of former Brazos Canyon Fire Chief Michael Hays suspects evidence may have been removed from the scene of...

Trailer Destroyed in Suspected Arson

    An abandoned Airstream trailer was destroyed in a suspected arson Tuesday afternoon in Hernandez, according to Española Fire Chief John Kitchen and Rio...

Block Indictments: Senator Calls for Block’s Resignation

    State Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. is facing calls for his resignation from state Senator Carlos Cisneros (D-Questa) and others now that...

Hospital To Study Whether Patients Have Been Harmed by Ambulance Cuts

    Presbyterian Healthcare Services will study whether patients have been harmed by ambulance delays resulting from cutbacks in Española Hospital paramedics’ overtime hours.     Presbyterian...

Valley’s Reputation for Crime Counts for Little with Feds

    Rio Arriba County’s reputation for lawlessness apparently has not reached Washington, D.C.        The County has received only $24,043, or less than 1 percent,...

County Pays Lawyers $295,000 in 2008

    Rio Arriba County paid private attorney Ted Trujillo’s law firm $276,580 in 2008 under a missing contract.     Trujillo’s fees represented the majority of...

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