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Chili Man Tackled by State Police

   Three New Mexico State Police officers chased a Chili man Aug. 5 from U.S. Highway 84/285 through Santa Cruz, eventually stopping his vehicle...

School District Suffered Several Break-ins over Summer Break

   Burglars broke into various facilities in the Española School District over the summer and the District is looking at additional security measures as...

City’s Water Department Collects $550,000 In Delinquent Bills

    City of Española officials have have collected payments from more than half of the water accounts that had been delinquent since the beginning...

Chama Councilors Mull $1 Million in Water Repair Bills

    The Chama Village Council  during its Aug. 26 meeting focused on almost $1 million in mounting bills, for work performed on the water...

Council Votes Interim Fire Chief in As Permanent

   The wife of Española Interim Fire Chief Ron Padilla held the Bible as the Honorable Judge Stephen Salazar swore him into the Española...

Española Mayor Unhappy with Governor’s Remarks

    In an Aug. 27 COVID-19 press conference, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham commented on what she saw to be a total lack of mask...

George Strait Reported ‘Not Dead’ on El Llano Road

    The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an...

Dixon Murders Case Goes to Jury

    When Ezekiel Martinez reached the bottom of the hill on which April Browne’s house sat, he could smell death.     He opened a window,...

Farm Collaboration Boosts Plant Sizes

 The hemp plants at Chimayó Hemp Enterprises (CHE) this year come up to the chests of the farmers.     They have grown out of a...

Man Charged with Kicking Woman with Steel-toed Boots

  Editor's note: This is a corrected version of the story that ran in print. The charged man in this story is Constantine Tzortzis's...

Man Charged in Pistol-whipping Case

    An Española man was charged Aug. 13 in District Court with aggravated battery (use of a deadly weapon) after he allegedly attacked a...

Blue-Green Algae Bloom Reappears at Abiquiu Lake

   Abiquiú Lake is once again experiencing a potentially toxic Blue-Green Algae bloom, according to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers press release.     Abiquiú...

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