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Escapee Elbows Guard, Jumps Fence

    A second inmate in as many months has escaped from the Española Jail after he elbowed a jail guard and ran into the...

Police Blotter: Pellets in Yard Blamed for Toothache, Swollen Jaw

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: OD Blown Off Monday, Nov....

County Names Elections Chief

    Rio Arriba County appointed a new elections chief last week, quietly filling a position that was vacated in February and remained empty through...

ACLU Joins Lawsuit Against School District

    The American Civil Liberties Union  of New Mexico announced it will formally join an ongoing federal class-action lawsuit against the Española School District,...

Rio Arriba County Overdose Death Rate Dips in 2009

    At least 17 Rio Arribans died as the result of legal or illegal drug overdoses in 2009.     That number is less than 2008’s,...

Santa Fe County Sheriff Resigns

    In his letter of resignation and confession, Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano said his home in the Fairway Village Subdivision in Santa...

Morse Code: Española, Pojoaque Should Top This Year’s Hoops Class

    As I headed to Albuquerque Nov. 19 for the first Española Valley boys basketball game of the season, I thought it fitting that...

Trash Cards Won’t Pack As Much Punch

    The North Central Solid Waste Authority’s Board of Directors voted to slash customers’ ability to dump their trash at Authority collection sites in...

Courthouse ‘Unsafe,’ Judge Moves to Santa Fe

    Faulty panic buttons, fire extinguishers that could be “lethal weapons” and a ventilation system that could be used to deliver a gas attack...

Police Blotter: West Side Cows Ticketed; Goat Gets Hit

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Female Accessories at Santa...

Magic Mushroom Ride Cut Short

    An Española man allegedly took mushrooms Sunday and realized God gave him powers to run from the cops.     But God must have missed...

Two Lawyers To Share City Work

    The Española City Council voted unanimously Monday night to hire Frank Coppler and his law firm as the city's attorneys and AJ Salazar...

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