A federal jury convicted a Dulce man of raping and molesting girl under age 12 and acquitted him on a charge of molesting a second girl under 12 following a multi-day trial in Albuquerque.
A Hernandez man received a conditional discharge following four-and-a-half years of supervised probation, after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated assault against a household member and child abuse, for beating his girlfriend while she was with her infant child.
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Students from McCurdy Charter School participated in the New Mexico Regional Science Fair Feb. 28 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, after first competing in...
The City of Española broke ground, Feb. 26, on the first of three water projects funded with $17,588,000 awarded from the New Mexico Water Trust Board. Mayor John Ramon Vigil and city councilors held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new water well and well house at the Prince-Carter Ranch at the north edge of the city.