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Texts Prompt Shut-Down at McCurdy

    Rumors over a student with a hit-list shut down the McCurdy Charter School Jan. 22.     The rumors turned out to be nothing more...

Rapist Gets Four Years of Prison Time

    A Santa Cruz man who raped a 16-year-old mentally disabled girl in Arroyo Seco was sentenced to four years in prison Jan. 31...

Firefighters, Police Help Olympians

    Firefighters and law enforcement officers from across Northern New Mexico will show off their basketball skills at 6 p.m., Feb. 15 at the...

Sergeant Facing Fraud Investigation

    A Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s sergeant has been put on administrative leave, pending an internal affairs investigation, after State Police began to investigate...

Man Faces Charges For Beating Wife, Son

    An Española man arrested Jan. 12 stands accused of subjecting his wife and son to a catalog of violent abuse between July 2013...

Railroad Avenue TrafficStop Results in Drug Bust

    What started as a morning traffic stop turned into an alleged trafficking bust for an Española police officer Jan. 17.     Officer Eric Gallant...

Overdose Was Cause of Former Deputy’s Death

    A former Española police officer and Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputy died Nov. 11, 2013, from an overdose of three prescription medications.     Brian...

Local Residents Strike Plea Deals During Court Appearances

    An Española man pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors Jan. 13 in district court after he burglarized a car in 2012 and stole a...

Vandals Hit Las Cumbres

    When dispatchers sent Española Police Officer Eric Gallant to the scene of a bloody act of vandalism at the Las Cumbres Learning Center,...

Tribal Man Sentenced Twice for Crime

    A Santa Clara man who was arrested, prosecuted, sentenced and imprisoned in tribal court for a 2010 beating was sentenced in federal court...

Footprints Lead Cops Straight to Burglar

    Serendipity as well as tracking and keen observation helped a Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputy catch an alleged burglar.     Deputy Manuel Romero was...

Two Women Plead Guilty to Murder

    Two women pleaded guilty Feb. 7 to murdering Rudy Montoya, of Chimayó, in October 2012, after they went to his house to burglarize...

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