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Sex Offender Accused Again

    State Police have arrested a registered sex offender accused of molesting his own 3-year-old daughter about three weeks ago.     Chimayó resident Eli Martinez,...

Sparks (and Insults) Fly on First Day of Early Voting

    Early voting in Rio Arriba County commenced on May 19, with roughly 25 voters arriving at the County complex in Española ahead of...

Crisis Center Loses $800K Grant

    The Crisis Center of Northern New Mexico has suffered a major setback in the construction of its five housing units on Fairview Lane,...

The Fighter

    Neto Abeyta was eager to fight after six months of training in mixed martial arts.     He was so eager that he showed up...

Police Blotter: Mayweather vs. Cotto Trumps Child-Rearing

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Oozing, Not Spurting Monday, April...

Have the El Rancho Murders Gone Cold?

    It’s perhaps the ultimate sign of frustration with rationality.     But Angela Ortiz-Spinks said when she asked the psychic Sylvia Browne who killed her...

State Paid Clerk $20K for Scuffle With Police

    When push comes to shove, how much money is a shove worth?     Twenty grand, according to Rio Arriba County Clerk Moises Morales.     That’s...

Deputy Wrecks Cruiser

    A Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputy and his ride-along passenger sustained only minor injuries after the deputy lost control of his squad car...

Charter Schools Still Homeless

    Española’s two newest charter schools are looking at a summer of suspense as both work to find suitable facilities for the fall.     Roger...

Expelled From Rehab, Man Dies in Motel Room

    A Chimayó man trying to get help for a drug addiction ended up dead of an apparent overdose in a Traveler’s Motel room...

Police: Man Overdoses in Shed

    Andrew Montoya wasn’t surprised to find Española Police investigating a death possibly caused by an overdose across the street from his girlfriend’s Monterey...

Five-Alarm Firing

    The long-standing tumult between Rio Arriba County and the Velarde Fire Department is approaching a watershed moment as the County moves to reassert...

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