Michael Walton

Co-op, Tribe Begin Talks on Easement Rate Hike

    Mediation between the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative and Ohkay Owingeh over who should incur easement costs the Co-op agreed to pay the tribe...

Tragedy Strikes Twice For Chamita Family

    A man shot to death in Chamita April 20 following a day of confrontations with his girlfriend’s father fits the definition of “asking...

Rape Trial Pits Couple vs. Victim

    Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that a woman arrived at Española Hospital in the predawn hours of Sept. 27, 2010, after being beaten...

Co-op Records battle Tests Supreme Court Ruling

    An ongoing legal dispute between the Rio Grande SUN and the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative has attorneys from both sides arguing about the...

2 Days, 10 Crimes

    Armed robbers and burglars have targeted at least 10 Española businesses since Sunday, according to the Española Police Department.     In two of the...

Guv Slushes $700K in Rio Arriba Capital Outlay

    Governor Susana Martinez took an executive axe to about 15 percent of the state legislature’s capital outlay bill March 7, including line-item vetoes...

Couple Found Guilty of Rape, Kidnapping

    Moments before a jury handed over guilty verdicts April 19 in the trial of an Española couple accused of beating, kidnapping and raping...

Accused Girlfriend Testifies in Rape Trial

    The Española woman who along with her boyfriend is accused of beating, kidnapping and raping another woman in September 2010 took the stand...

Alcalde Man’s Cover Story Fails

    An Alcalde man who told police he didn’t “want to be a snitch” nevertheless tried to implicate an innocent friend in a burglary...

Velarde Backers Turn Up ay Grievance Hearing

    As Eddie Velarde and his attorney Diego Zamora attended the first day of the former Velarde fire chief’s grievance hearing March 22 inside...

Rio Arriba’s X-Files Reopened

    A dead and mutilated cow discovered last week in a Santa Clara Pueblo field reminded several Rio Arribans of similar mysterious dead cows...

Fate of Onate center Still Undecided as Proposal Process Lags

    Five months after Rio Arriba County began entertaining proposals from outside groups to use its now abandoned multimillion-dollar visitors center in Alcalde, the...

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