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Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery

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   A former Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputy who robbed a Santa Fe pharmacy of painkillers before threatening to kill himself in a stand-off...

‘Difficult Plea To Accept’: Molester Gets Probation

Cops Courts
    A Chama man facing 17 and a half years in prison will not have to spend another day in jail after pleading no...

Rodella Fired by City Police

Cops Courts
    Eugene Rodella has been fired by the Española Police Department for his alleged involvement in an Oct. 7 attack on a tattoo parlor...

Skeleton Of Newly Discovered Dinosaur Species Found at Ghost Ranch

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  A discovery announced last week of fossils from a newly identified dinosaur species at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiú could forecast other major findings...

2nd Candidate Turns Down Co-op G.M. Job

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    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative is back to square one in its search for a new general manager.     The top two candidates for...

Slap on the Wrist: One Defendant Who Didn’t Avoid Prison

Cops Courts
    Chris Ortiz, 41, of Española, was one of three offenders in the 22-case sample reviewed by the SUN who was sentenced to jail...

Slap on the Wrist: What To Do When A Child Is Being Sexually Abused

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This article accompanies a SUN investigation showing how suspects in child rape and molestation cases rarely serve time in prison. Click here to read...

Public Panicked Over Proposed Health Care Cuts

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    A proposed redesign of the state’s medical assistance programs may require low-income residents to pony up the price for nearly 30 services that...

No Prison for Arsonist

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    A convicted arsonist’s mental illness and frail physique saved him from serving jail time for burning down in August 2008 the Box Pack...

Health Care Providers Wary of Cuts

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    Española Valley health care providers are watching and waiting to see whether a proposed redesign of the state’s medical assistance programs is adopted...

Slap on the Wrist: SUN investigation Reveals that Defendants in Child Rape and Molestation Cases Rarely Go to Prison

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Dennis Kirkwood’s youngest victim was 5 years old when the sexual abuse started.     Kirkwood, the girl’s then-58-year-old step-grandfather, made her watch pornographic movies with...

Three Immigrants Arrested in Raid

Cops Courts
    Narcotics agents arrested three Mexican immigrants on drug trafficking charges Dec. 11 during a raid on a North McCurdy Road house.     The multi-agency...
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