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County Hires Progress Backer

    Despite a proven track record of helping politicians get elected, Rio Arriba County’s newest Senior Program employee said his new job has nothing...

Did Judge Politick On the Clock?

    Is campaigning part of a judge’s job description?     City records show Municipal Judge Stephen Salazar may think so.     Salazar reported on a signed...

Luck of the Draw

    On the warm sunny afternoon of March 31, the Española Plaza’s gazebo was filled with balloons, Frito pies and music.     But the festive...

Who’s Policing the Police?

    Two Rio Arriba County cops are at the center of an ongoing debate over what some see as a deep-seated conflict of interest...

City Manager Ousted

    Three weeks after election day, the new Española City Council sent Mayor Alice Lucero a strong signal that the governing body’s days as...

Contempt or Caprice?

This article was originally printed in the November 3, 2011 edition.     Two motions filed by the defense team of a Cordova man set to...

Rio Arriba’s X-Files Reopened

    A dead and mutilated cow discovered last week in a Santa Clara Pueblo field reminded several Rio Arribans of similar mysterious dead cows...

Grandfather Charged in 4-Year-Old’s Death

    In one light, Mariano Piñon-Chavez was lucky to have survived a rollover accident the evening of March 24 in El Llano that smashed...

Too Little, Too Late as City Aims to Redistrict on a Budget?

This article was originally printed in the November 3, 2011 edition.     Five months before its next elections, the city of Española has recognized it...

Overworked Prosecutors Fail Victims

This article was originally printed in the November 3, 2011 edition.     Whether or not First Judicial District Attorney Angela Pacheco asks her attorneys about...

Chase Ends in Gunfire

    A central stretch of Española’s main thoroughfare turned into a crime scene March 23 as police chased and apprehended a renegade driver.     Chimayó...

City Officer, Sheriff Trade Barbs Over Harassment Allegations

    The three major law enforcement agencies in Rio Arriba County were all involved in an incident in which Sheriff Tommy Rodella is accused...

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