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Residents plead guilty

    The following people pleaded guilty in District Court in Tierra Amarilla on Feb. 25 and were subsequently sentenced by District Judge Sheri Raphaelson. Batterer...

Councilor-elect badmouths cops

    Española City Councilman elect Phillip Chacon has been in the spotlight recently for more than just the campaign he’s running.     Chacon yelled expletives...

Neighbor doesn’t take rejection lightly

    The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an...

Shots fired on McCurdy

    A 9:44 a.m. traffic accident led to a shot fired into the air Monday in front of the McCurdy Charter School, temporarily putting...

Meet the Smiths

Note: This is the second installment of a four-part series on volunteers in the criminal justice system.     They have the same power and responsibilities...

18 months probation for county employee

    A Rio Arriba County DWI prevention program employee, accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to 18 months of probation...

Pantries help put food on the table

    A $47 million federal cutback to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has resulted in higher numbers of New Mexico’s less fortunate utilizing...

Montoya accused of making bomb threat

    A McCurdy School assistant basketball coach was arrested by Española police detectives on Feb. 11 on an outstanding failure to appear warrant on...

Shelter animals’ food stolen

    Thieves took 400 pounds of food from the muzzles of hungry puppies on Feb. 19 when they broke into the Española Valley Humane...

Neighbor angry over dogs’ pillow fight

    The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an...

Two women take plea deals in Montoya murder case

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

One investigation ends, another begins for Martinez

    An Española basketball coach is being investigated by the Española Police Department following allegations leveled in the fall of 2013 by a student...

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