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Rest Room Romance or Department of Labor Pain?

The Police Blotter By Michael Walton     Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the...

City Police Slow with Records

    Several incomplete or missing incident reports suggest not all is well regarding record keeping at the Española Police Department.     In response to a...

Man Gets Life Sentence in Baby’s Death

    Before a state District Court Judge sentenced Nathan Montoya to life in prison for killing 17-month-old BreAndra Peña in March 2011, family members...

City Manager Admonishes Council on Hiring Freeze

    While the Española City Council, at its Sept. 19 work session, debated whether to fill two vacant positions in the Finance Department, interim...

Police Track Armed Robber

   Most customers at Walmart pay for expensive electronics before trying to leave the store with them, but one Chimayó man opted to pull...

Bleeding Squirrel Gets Ride to Wildlife Center

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Handful of Xanax Monday, Sept....

Conflicting Stories in Infant’s Death

   As an Española ambulance approached a double-wide trailer on Lopez Lane March 8, 2011 in reference to an unresponsive infant, then-paramedic Randy Sanches...

Devastated Family Seeks Legislative Answer to Texting

    Albert Terrazas came to a stop April 25 at an intersection along State Road 516 when, seconds later, he was struck from behind....

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...

Santa Clara Man Accused of Witness Retaliation

    A Santa Cruz resident alleged earlier this month that a relative of convicted-murder Donald Ferran threatened him in an attempt to retaliate against...

Co-op Operations Assessment Spares No One

    Weak leadership, Board conflicts, and “a culture of fear and intimidation” have zapped morale among employees of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, according...

Alert City Cop on the Job While Doing Laundry

SUN Staff Repor     An off-duty police officer who remained vigilant while doing his laundry last month helped his fellow officers arrest two men suspected...

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