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Police Blotter: Cousin Replaces Door with Plastic Covering

    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Old Lady Raids Beer Stash Monday, March...

Broomstick, Knife Used in Attack

    Two men were charged with assault and battery Sunday after an unexplained attack on an Española man, according to Española Police.     Johnny Valdez,...

Bovine TB Designation Lifted in Rio Arriba

    Rio Arriba County and most other New Mexico counties will be re-accredited as bovine tuberculosis free, the federal Agriculture Department announced Monday.        ...

House Speaker Helps Friend Negotiate with Highway Department

    When the state Highway Department is trying to buy your land for a construction project, it may help to have one of the...

New T.A. Judge Choice No Surprise

    The Tierra Amarilla Courthouse finally has a new judge, and her name is no surprise: Sheri Raphaelson.     The Española lawyer was appointed Monday...

Only State Gets New Pork Money

    Although local governments largely left the Roundhouse empty-handed this year, the state could pour over $2 million into its own infrastructure in Rio...

Man Accused of Raping and Molesting His Wife’s Child

    A Mexican immigrant who had been residing in Española is in jail on 312 counts of rape and 312 counts of criminal sexual...

Deputy’s Son Stabbed over “Something Stupid”

    A Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputy’s son was stabbed March 21 during a fight over “something stupid.”     Richard Lujan, 20, was holding his...

Family Outraged over Plea Deal That May Allow Drunk Driver To Avoid Prison after Causing Crash

    Eight-year-old Regina Cata had been an honor student at San Juan Elementary whose favorite subject was math. Her life changed the night of...

Sewage Dumping Update

    The city of Española has not yet fixed a problem with the plant’s ultraviolet disinfection system.     The malfunction led the sewer plant to...

Using Sludge as Fertilizer May Pose Health Risks

    Sewage. Sludge. Recycled human waste. Biosolids.     It goes by many other names that cannot be printed in this newspaper, and Española residents produce...

Is Obama Group a Rising Force in Rio Arriba Politics?

    Barack Obama didn’t win Rio Arriba County in the Democratic Caucus last year, not by a long shot, but his presidential campaign did...

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