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Deportations Leave Valley Residents Fearful of Census

Rio Arriba County commissioners passed a resolution Jan. 28 vowing to support the County’s immigrant community during the 2020 Census. Following the resolution, County officials...

Española Police Department to Place Officers in Schools

Nine months after a Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office deputy tased a student with special needs at Española Valley High School, police officers will...

Family Settles with County After Tasing

The family of a teenager with special needs reached a settlement with Rio Arriba County for an undisclosed sum Monday after a sheriff’s deputy...

County Inks Program to Keep Patients out of Jail

Rio Arriba County officials said they will work to reduce incarceration rates of people with mental illnesses. As part of a national initiative called Stepping...

11 Years Later, Murder Suspect Charged

The 2008 cold case murder of a Truchas man will finally go to trial after alleged Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico (SNM) prison gang member...

Santa Cruz Priest Found Not Guilty

A jury found former Catholic priest Marvin Archuleta not guilty Tuesday on counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and attempted kidnapping for...

Tasing Case Nears Settlement

A settlement is likely coming soon in the civil case between the family of a 15-year-old boy tased by former Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s...

Judge Denies Former Sheriff’s Early Release

Former Rio Arriba sheriff Tommy Rodella will serve the remaining five years of his sentence for violating a motorist’s civil rights, after a federal...

Emails Between Electric Co-op, County Go Missing

An email exchange between Rio Arriba County officials and Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of trustees has gone missing. The emails’ absence was discovered by...

Española Police to Provide Security at Hardware Store

Shoppers will soon see an increased police presence at Lowe’s Home Improvement after the Española City Council approved an agreement to place off-duty police...

Fired Lineman Sues Electric Cooperative

Jimmy Lucero, a former employee of Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, allegedly experienced bullying, discrimination and harassment from supervisors and fellow employees while working at...

Demanding Respect, Better Pay, Tierra Amarilla Medical Staff Resign

In an act of protest, with hopes of negotiating, five people resigned in November from Tierra Amarilla’s Emergency Medical Services program. The five, including driver...

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