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Defiant Man Erects Giant Mailbox after State Condemns Property

    Speaker of the House Ben Lujan (D-Nambé) is not the only one fighting the state over billboards and land condemnations.     While the state...

Police Blotter: Couple Beats Up Truck

    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Change My Oil Back Monday, March...

Hospital To Study Whether Patients Have Been Harmed by Ambulance Cuts

    Presbyterian Healthcare Services will study whether patients have been harmed by ambulance delays resulting from cutbacks in Española Hospital paramedics’ overtime hours.     Presbyterian...

City To Suspend Two Water Workers for Allegedly Drinking on the Job

    Two city of Española water department employees are facing suspension for suspected drinking and driving while on the job, city officials said.     Acting...

Mom/Daughter Team Suspected of Dealing Drugs

    An Española mother and daughter were arrested March 31 for narcotics-trafficking after anonymous tipsters notified police, according to court documents.     The tipsters described...

Blocks Indicted for Election Code Violations

    The Attorney General’s office handed down indictments on state Public Regulation District 3 Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. and his father, former Public Regulation...

Mayor Accuses Feds of Discriminating Against City

    Española Mayor Joseph Maestas and a group of business owners plan to oppose a federal agency they see as the only obstacle to...

Rio Arriba Republicans Try To Pick Themselves Off the Mat

    Twenty aging Rio Arriba County Republican Party faithful met for a biennial convention April 5 in Alcalde to discuss their party’s future in...

Home Burglary Ends in Arson

    Juan Vigil drove from Santa Fe to Chimayó April 3 in the middle of his shift at Encantado Resort and parked as close...

County Pays Lawyers $295,000 in 2008

    Rio Arriba County paid private attorney Ted Trujillo’s law firm $276,580 in 2008 under a missing contract.     Trujillo’s fees represented the majority of...

Senator Martinez Takes Over Rio Arriba Dems from His Wife

    Just two weeks after pledging to support Rio Arriba County Democratic Party Chairwoman Theresa Martinez if she stood for reelection, Sen. Richard Martinez...

Pojoaque Lt. Gov. Linked to Fatal Hit and Run Investigation

    Pojoaque Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz is being investigated in connection with the death of a Chimayó man who was struck by a vehicle...

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