Jose de Wit

Cider press among charms of new Ojo Caliente market

    When Craig Borner drove up to the Ojo Caliente Farmers’ Market Oct. 3 to unload bushels of apples and an aging cider press...

Local Bank Not Immune to Recession

This story is part of the first half in a two-week series that looks at how the recession has affected Rio Arriba. The first...

New Businesses Rise as Economy Dives

The idea sounds counter-intuitive: open a large coffee shop in a sleepy rural town, smack in the middle of an economic meltdown. But Paul Namkung...

State Police Pay $200,000 To Former Student

The state Department of Public Safety has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a former Española Valley...

Drug Seizure Program Ignored

Law enforcement agencies in Rio Arriba County routinely claim that they are underfunded, undermanned or both, but they’re missing out on one revenue stream...

Contractor’s Family Questions Adoption Ruling

The sisters of former Española School District bus contractor Antonio Garcia are questioning whether a state District Court judge followed the law when he...

Tele-Town Hall Draws Thousands

Participants’ tone ranged from supportive to unabashedly critical during United States Rep. Ben Ray Lujan’s (D-NM) Sept. 8 telephone town hall event on health...

State Police Bend State Seizure Laws

The federal program that returns a portion of seized drug money to local police who work with federal agencies has proven lucrative but legally...

Rodella Heads Pack of Sheriff Hopefuls

Tommy Rodella may have been removed from the Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court bench last year due to misconduct, but that is not stopping...

Local Attorney Accused of Arranging ‘Sham Marriage’

An Española lawyer is being accused of fraud in an inheritance battle against the sisters of a former Española School District bus contractor she...

Rio Arriba Providers Split On Health Bills

Health care reforms under debate in Congress are getting a mixed reaction from Rio Arriba County health providers. Committees in the House and Senate have...

Conflicted Candidates Apply For Open Chama Board Spot

The Chama School Board picked two men with potential conflicts of interest as possible replacements for a Board member who resigned to avoid the...

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