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Three-Way Thrashing

    Eight days before the city’s 2012 elections, Española Municipal Judge Stephen Salazar pulled the political equivalent of a Babe Ruth.     “It doesn’t matter...

Without Subsidy, Trash Company Still Insolvent

    At first glance, a midyear budget report released Dec. 31 by the North Central Solid Waste Authority appears to show the waste disposal...

Municipal Court Defendants Face Choice: Jail or Jesus

    Since a 2008 Rio Grande SUN report questioning the practice, Española Municipal Judge Stephen Salazar has continued to approve unlicensed, faith-based rehabilitation programs...

Union Fights Discipline in Possible DWI Case

    Three Española Police officers who let one of their own go after finding him passed out in a truck parked at a convenience...

Police Blotter: The Wheels Fall Off in Ranchitos

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Narcotics for Kiddies Monday, Feb....

Agents: Parents Dealing Coke with Toddlers In Truck

    A Velarde couple whose 2-year-old son died after ingesting their cocaine is in trouble again for allegedly dealing drugs from their truck with...

Fifth-Grade Teacher Accused of Molestation

    A fifth-grade teacher at Sombrillo Elementary has been placed on leave following allegations that he inappropriately touched students.     Jimmy Montoya, a fifth-grade language...

Skeletons in City Candidates’ Backgrounds

    On the Fourth of July in 1989, Española District 3 City Council candidates Leo Marquez and Eric Radosevich met for the first time.    ...

City Manager Indicted

    A Santa Fe County Grand Jury on Feb. 24 charged Española City Manager James Lujan with 18 felonies, accusing him of helping defraud...

Chama Hopefuls Square Off Week Before Election

    One week before voters elect two individuals to Chama’s Village Council, the eight men and women competing for the seats addressed community members...

Police Blotter: ‘Little Giant’ Fights the DTs

      Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Hot Rims Monday, Feb....

New Leaders, New Rules, No Problem

    The Rio Arriba County Democratic Party’s first major function since being taken over by the Democrats for Progress branch of the Party went...

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