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Natural Gas Service Disrupted

New Mexico Gas Company announced widespread disruptions in service Thursday (2/3), including throughout the city of Española, due to rolling blackouts in Texas. According...

Where Does Española Spend Your Tax Dollars?

    Every time you spend $100 within Española city limits, the city collects 6 cents through a tax that is supposed to go directly...

Tribe to Non-Members: You’re Fired

    It’s a bad time to be a non-tribal member working for the Jicarilla Apache Nation.     The Nation passed a resolution in early January...

Fight Incites Hit-and-Run

    A fight after a high school basketball game in Española Jan. 28 may have triggered an alleged hit-and-run attack on Valley Drive, according...

Police Blotter: Grocery Store Clerks Foil T-Bone Burglary Attempt

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Woman Becomes Homeless …...

Voters Cold to School Board Incumbents

    The Española School Board could look radically different come March after one sitting Board member was soundly defeated in Tuesday’s election and the...

North Central Bailout Meeting Was Invite-Only

    Despite recent calls for public inclusion and organizational reform by Rio Arriba County residents, North Central Solid Waste Authority Board members held a...

Man Gets Leg Up on Would-Be Burglar

    A man police are calling a would-be burglar lost most of his calf muscles Monday after an Avenida Cañada homeowner shot him at...

Mayor Defends New Chief’s Past

    The city of Española named a new public safety chief Tuesday night, ensuring a replacement will be in line when outgoing Chief Joe...

‘We Will Take a Stand’

    The federal Forest Service shot down earlier this month appeals from cattlemen on the Alamosa and Jarita Mesa grazing allotments that sought to...

Looking Back at the Chimayó Massacre

    Exactly 20 years ago Wednesday (1/26), Chimayó witnessed one of the deadliest days in modern Rio Arriba County history when then-29-year-old Ricky Abeyta...

Police Blotter: Wal-Mart Customer Eating ‘All the Food in the Store’

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Spell “I cup.” Monday, Jan....

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Northern Briefs 9/17/26