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Police Blotter: New Resident Welcomed with Threats To Torch Car

    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Bad Moon On the Drive Monday,...

Authority Chooses Alcalde Site

After months of heated debate about where North Central Solid Waste Authority should construct a permanent garbage station, the Authority’s Board of Directors voted...

Trash Debt Piles Up

Cash-strapped, short-staffed, and growing increasingly desperate, North Central Solid Waste Authority is literally digging through the trash looking for money. Authority Administrator Michele Martinez said...

County Worker Arrested for DUI at Work

A Rio Arriba County treasury clerk based in Tierra Amarilla was arrested Sept. 24 right outside his workplace for drinking and driving, possession of...

D.A. Drops Ball: Police Secretary’s DUI Case Dismissed

The District Attorney’s office is blaming court scheduling problems for the dismissal of a drunk driving charge against an Española Police secretary who allegedly...

Local Bank Not Immune to Recession

This story is part of the first half in a two-week series that looks at how the recession has affected Rio Arriba. The first...

State Files Appeal in Martinez Case

The District Attorney’s office filed a notice Sept. 23 asking the state Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling suppressing key evidence in the...

New Businesses Rise as Economy Dives

The idea sounds counter-intuitive: open a large coffee shop in a sleepy rural town, smack in the middle of an economic meltdown. But Paul Namkung...

Cop’s Extra Check: Loan Or Theft?

Facts and accusations filled the Española City Council chambers Sept. 25 as two lawyers attempted to answer whether one former Española Police officer was...

Child O.D. Trial Halted

The trial of a Velarde man being held responsible for the drug overdose of his 2-year-old son is on hold indefinitely after the judge...

Vague Justification Given for Closing Meeting

The Española Public Works Committee may have violated the state Open Meetings Act when its members unanimously declared an executive session without providing reasonably...

State Rep’s Daughter Indicted For August Attack

The daughter of State Rep. Debbie Rodella (D-La Mesilla) and Rio Arriba County Sheriff hopeful Tommy Rodella was indicted Sept. 17 for allegedly ramming...

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