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City Drops Nuisance Case Against P&Z Commissioner

    The city of Española has dropped its case against Planning Commissioner J.R. Trujillo for code violations on his storage yard.     Española Municipal Court...

Public Servants See Cycle of Domestic Violence

   Domestic violence is described as being a three-part cycle that steadily becomes more violent with each iteration.     It starts out with the honeymoon...

ProSec Owner Files Tort Claim Against School District

   A former Española School Board member and former Rio Arriba County Commissioner is poised to take legal action against the District as a...

Threatening Note Sparks Lockdown at Mesa Vista High School

   A lockdown Oct. 6 at the Mesa Vista Middle and High School, caused by a note threatening a student, is suspected of being...

Man Leads Police on City Chase; Blows Four Times Legal Limit

    Drunk driving charges have been dropped against a Hernandez man, after he led deputies on a pursuit, Oct. 5, through the middle of...

Watershed Keeps Areas on Tax Rolls

    The communities of Fairview and El Llano will remain on the tax rolls of the Upper Rio Grande Watershed District, after the Watershed’s...

Chain Coffee Shop Coming to Española

    An unnamed coffee chain and three other businesses are coming to Española’s main business district.     “One of your favorite coffee shops is coming...

Sex Offender Wanted For Animal Cruelty

    On the surveillance footage, Joseph Crawmer, 69, is naked as the day he was born.     He walks back and forth while a cat...

Dixon Co-op Celebrates 10 Years

Walking into the Dixon Co-op is like stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting.     Locals gather around the tables near the deli, eating, drinking and...

No Circus in Town, But Plenty of Clowning around

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

County, Sheriff’s Employees Face Four-Count Lawsuit

    Abiquiú resident Charlene Carroll had been home for a little less than an hour Aug. 14, 2014, when she said she stepped outside...

Police Plan Annual Drug Take-Back

By Wheeler Cowperthwaite SUN Staff Writer     For the past few years, the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office has taken 200 pounds of discarded or unwanted...

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