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Meals with Wheels: It’s a Perfect Time for Gazpacho

As summer threatens to wind down, my tomato plants are threatening to fall over, with red, green, yellow, orange, a whole kaleidoscope of fat...

Peña Takes up Effort to Oust Alex Naranjo

An effort to recall Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alex Naranjo is moving forward, despite the death of the man, Antonio “Ike” DeVargas, who called...

Los Ojos Man Bound Over for Alleged Log Attack

A Los Ojos man is facing charges following allegations that he threatened his neighbor with a 2-foot log and smashing her car window. Ryan Deblassie,...

Appeals Court Upholds 2 Convictions

The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld Gary Gregor’s child rape convictions in two of the four cases brought against him. Gregor, 68, a former...

Man Bound Over on Embezzlement Charge

An 59-year-old Medanales man has been bound over to Rio Arriba District Court on a charge of embezzlement between $500 and $2,500 for allegedly...

Abiquiú Man Pleads Not Guilty, Released from Jail

An Abiquiú man was released from jail a week after pleading not guilty, June 24, in two separate cases of alleged theft that happened...

Grilling, Camping and Summer Go Great Together

Since it’s the summer, it’s the best time to consider camping or cooking outdoors. There are two main ideas that come up when it comes...

Española Man’s Federal Prison Sentence To Be Determined in October

An Española man will spend an undetermined amount of time in federal prison after pleading guilty on July 11 to drug possession. Jeremy Isaac Lopez,...

Neighbor Accused of Throwing Rock at Nearby House Charged with Child Abuse

An Alcalde man pleaded not guilty last month to child abuse and assault for throwing a rock at his neighbor’s house. Eric Shawn Jonas, 53,...

Woman Arraigned on DWI Charges, Allegedly Bit Deputy

A Truchas woman who was driving so erratically during the Easter pilgrimage on State Road 76 that a deputy assumed she was going to...

2 Chimayó Women Indicted on Gasoline Theft Charges

Two Chimayó women were indicted in February, then arrested last week, on charges of theft from the gas station at the Camel Rock casino...

Man Sentenced to 17 Years in 2018 Killing

An Española man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his part in the brutal kidnapping, torture and killing of a woman in...

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