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Teen Escapes Police Custody Wearing Cuffs and Leg-irons

    A 17-year-old male escaped police custody Nov. 30 as he was being moved to a transport van destined for the juvenile detention facility...

Select Reputable Post-Secondary School

Dear Science: I’ve been thinking about going back to college or a trade school to improve my chances for continued employment. I see ads...

Can’tSugar-CoatLosses

Commentary by George Morse I got the usual amount of negative feedback after the McCurdy Bobcats beat the Española Valley Sundevils in the first football game...

State Police ReportYields Little Info.In Martinez Murder

    Two heavily redacted reports obtained from State Police this month offer few items of new information regarding the two-month old unsolved murder of...

Pojoaque Ready to Defend State Title

    The Pojoaque boys cross country team left no doubt that they are ready to defend their Class AAA state cross country championship Saturday...

Restraining Order GrantedAgainst City Councilor’s Grandson

(Editor’s note: this is a corrected copy of a story which ran incorrectly in the Oct. 11, 2012 edition.)     A story titled, “Woman Alleges...

Hand-Counting As Fallible As Humans

Dear Science: Could an election be too close to call even if it isn’t a tie?  — Buck R.     Dear Buck: Yes. Let’s assume...

Commission Takes over Railroad Operations

  Disagreements over micromanagement, marketing lead to break     The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission is, for the time being, taking over operations of...

Serial Purse-Snatcher Nabbed

    Española police arrested a man accused of stealing an elderly woman’s purse at the Santa Claran Hotel and Casino last week, and detectives...

Salazar Back on Bench Following 90-Day Suspension

    Española Municipal Court Judge Stephen Salazar returned to the bench Nov. 1 after serving a 90-day unpaid suspension for repeated acts of willful...

Former Undersheriff Arrested for Shooting at Tenants

    A former Rio Arriba County law enforcement officer is facing three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly firing an...

Media Consulting Work Costs County $8,113

    Rio Arriba County spent $1,305,619 between June 18 and July 20. The following is a partial list of those expenditures:     • $48,984 to...

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