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911 Caller Warns Police of Drunk Driver Prior to Fatal Crash

    State Police may have missed an opportunity to prevent last week’s triple fatal crash hours before it occurred.     A 911 caller reported at...

Española Liquor Stores Snub Underage Drinking Campaign

    Graduation is rolling around for high school students, and that means prom, parties — and often parents and other family members buying liquor...

Vialpando’s 2006 DWI Arrest Parallels Fatal Crash

    When Richard Vialpando crossed a highway center line near Coyote last week, it wasn’t the first time he had endangered himself and other...

Burglars Rob, Burn Chimayó Home

    A Chimayó house was burglarized and burned in an apparent arson April 17 less than three weeks after another nearby home met the...

Admiration for Mayor Draws New Finance Director to Española City Hall

    One major vacancy filled, five more to go for the city of Española.     The city hired Andrew J. Perkins, a Santa Fe accountant,...

Trailer Destroyed in Suspected Arson

    An abandoned Airstream trailer was destroyed in a suspected arson Tuesday afternoon in Hernandez, according to Española Fire Chief John Kitchen and Rio...

Officers Have No Confidence in Chief — Again

    Española Police officers voted 10-1 April 16 in support of a “no-confidence” measure against Española Public Safety Chief Julian Gonzales, according to union...

Pueblo Man Confesses to Killing

    The last time a friend of Naayaitch Friday saw him alive, the 26-year-old Wyoming transplant was leaving the San Ildefonso Pueblo in the...

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...

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