Michael Walton

Espanola Teen Dies in Crash; Alcohol Likely a Factor

    Alcohol likely contributed to a car accident that killed an Española teen early Sunday morning, State Police said.     Fabian Mata, 19, was riding...

GOP Challengers: Incumbent MIA

    Two Republican candidates who describe themselves as Christian, Constitutional conservatives will square off during primary elections June 5 to determine who will challenge...

The Fighter

    Neto Abeyta was eager to fight after six months of training in mixed martial arts.     He was so eager that he showed up...

Juveniles Arrested, Adults Sought in String of Espanola Burglaries

    For some in Rio Arriba County, delinquent behavior starts young, or at least it appears that way in the case of six minors...

Clerk Candidates Connection to Murder Resurfaces

    An Española woman whose daughter was murdered in 2005 said voters should know a woman now running for Rio Arriba County Clerk played...

Sheriff Adds Undersheriff, Exec. Secretary

  Limited contracts expire for two top contract employees     The Rio Arriba County Sheriff has added some new brass to his office by hiring...

‘Shoot Him’

    When Chamita resident Martin Martinez told a State Police officer his daughter’s boyfriend was harassing him and refusing to leave his house, the...

Penasco Store-Owner Struck, Killed

    A 98-year-old Peñasco woman died last week after a motorist backed over her in a publicly owned pickup truck and then, without realizing...

Teen Says City Cops Stole Kiss

    An underage Española girl petitioned state District Court last week to place a restraining order on a city police officer who the girl...

‘Love Triangle’ Ends in Stabbing, Arrest

    Española Police arrested a Hernandez man accused of stabbing a teenager May 31 and managed to secretly record the man telling someone he...

Murder Scene Witness: It Was Crazy

  Defense claims man accused in stabbing death was outgunned, outnumbered     The murder trial of the Española resident accused of stabbing and killing another...

State Chides Magistrate Court for Improperly Withholding Records

    The state Administrative Office of the Courts last week advised Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court to change several unwritten policies limiting timely access...

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