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Did Deputy Let Drunk Driver Go Free?

Accusations are flying back and forth between Española Police and Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies over whether the latter agency allowed an allegedly drunk...

Rodella Heads Pack of Sheriff Hopefuls

Tommy Rodella may have been removed from the Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court bench last year due to misconduct, but that is not stopping...

Mayor Tries to Strip Papers of Legal Ads

If the New Mexico Municipal League has their way, public legal notices will no longer have to appear in a newspaper. A measure introduced by...

Officer Paid for 30-Hour Workday

Rio Arriba County Sheriff Joe Mascareñas signed off on a time sheet that allowed one of his deputies to be paid for 30 hours...

Rio Arriba Providers Split On Health Bills

Health care reforms under debate in Congress are getting a mixed reaction from Rio Arriba County health providers. Committees in the House and Senate have...

Museum Money Almost Slips Away

The city of Española almost lost about $367,000 in state funding for a long-planned railroad museum last month after it failed to submit design...

School’s Animals Left To Die

The fenced-in yard behind San Juan Catholic Parish that once held three pigs, three goats and 35 chickens, and where Cariños Charter School students...

Pedestrian Fatality May Lead to Suit

The family of the Española man killed Aug. 23 by a suspected drunk driver is looking into filing a wrongful-death lawsuit, according to attorney...

Seniors Angered over Move

A group of Chimayó seniors are upset with a plan that would move them from a Santa Fe County-run center to a Rio Arriba...

Local Attorney Accused of Arranging ‘Sham Marriage’

An Española lawyer is being accused of fraud in an inheritance battle against the sisters of a former Española School District bus contractor she...

Murderer or Patsy?

An Española man was arrested Aug. 28 for the murder of the 30-year-old man who was killed during a gang brawl the previous weekend...

Police Blotter: Man Wields Knife, Gets Away on Tractor

Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Backpack Hurled Monday, Aug. 17 • 8:22 a.m....

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