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Sheriff Hires Chosen Heir To Be ‘Left-Hand Man’

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff Joe Mascareñas has hired the sheriff’s candidate he is endorsing in this year’s election to fill a newly created...

Politics May Cost Schools $4.3 Million

6/12/08     An Española School Board member's attempts to protect the job of a political ally has placed at least $4.3 million in state construction...

State To Decide on Funding

6/19/08     The Española School District will not find out until July 28 whether the School Board's delay in approving a state-required maintenance plan will...

Parent Enjoys Happy Hour in High School Parking Lot

 12/24/09   Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: One Beer Stolen Monday, Dec. 7    ...

Consolidation Proposed Due to High Cost of New El Rito School

6/12/08     A state agency's decision to not immediately fund a large portion of the quickly-growing cost of building a new El Rito Elementary shocked...

No Looking Down: Student Leaders Learn the Ropes

6/19/08     Española Valley High School 10th-grader Magaly Veleta gritted her teeth as she swung suspended from a harness 20 feet in the air.     "Come...

Deputy Files Complaint Against City Police

12/31/09     A Rio Arriba County sheriff candidate has lodged a complaint against Española Police for not using his towing company in an incident involving...

Española Super To Get $170,000 Salary

6/19/08     As Española School District Superintendent David Cockerham worked to cut administrative expenses for next fiscal year, purportedly to put more money in the...

Board Breaks Law In Super’s Drinking Probe

6/12/08     The Mesa Vista School District has illegally hired a private investigator to review allegations that Superintendent Robert Archuleta is drinking on the job.    ...

Police Blotter: Intoxicated Man Causes Traffic Jam in Casino Parking Lot

    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Puppy Stuck in Vent Monday, Dec....

School Union Left Out of Final Labor Board Selection

6/19/08     The Española School District employees union is shocked at a move by the District’s labor lawyer to take two complaints the union filed...

Pimp Wants Convictions Tossed

12/24/09     An Ojo Caliente man is calling for the dismissal of convictions that he trafficked heroin and sold his wife into prostitution.     James Blaker,...

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