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Meals With Wheels: When Life Gives You Pears, Bake a Cake

E very year a different vegetable or fruit takes over the spotlight. Sometimes its apples, usually it’s zucchini. Every year, the paw paws give up a...

Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping, Child Rape, Bribery

Kevin Martinez pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping, child rape and bribery of a witness on Sept. 23, with a plea deal that sets...

Family Seeks Help in Finding Missing Man

New Mexico State Police are searching for a Coyote man who disappeared on Sept. 18, on his way back to his family for the...

Father Facing Charges for Alleged ‘Filthy’ Living Conditions

An Española man is facing a charge of child abuse that appears to have been filed in August but not entered into the court...

Summons Issued After Alleged Road Rage Incident

Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies have issued a summons for an Española man to appear on an aggravated assault charge for an alleged road...

Bench Warrants Issued for Española Man

An Española man is wanted on two bench warrants after failing to appear for a court hearing, in cases where he is accused of...

Child Abuse Charges for Woman Accused of OD’ing

An Española police officer charged a woman with child abuse, Sept. 10, after she allegedly overdosed in a car with a “small child” present. Officer...

No Bail for Former NCSWA Employee

Former North Central Solid Waste Authority employee Peter Velarde will be held without bail after he waived a dangerousness hearing in a case where...

Program Will Help Those With Severe Mental Illness

The First Judicial District Court, which covers Rio Arriba, Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties, is getting a new diversion program for people with...

Charges Against Coyote Couple Dropped

Prosecutors dropped charges against a Coyote father and his girlfriend, who allegedly attacked his daughter and threatened to kill her. Rio Arriba County Deputy Nicholas...

Deputies: No Evidence of Shooting

A 911 call reporting a person was shot in Hernandez turned out to be false, after deputies investigating the incident found no one injured...

Woman Faces Charges for Allegedly Attacking Sleeping Husband

A Hernandez woman is being held without bail after Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies charged her with a misdemeanor domestic violence charge for allegedly...

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