Northern Briefs

Light-Footed Questa Darts Past McCurdy

5/7/09     The McCurdy baseball team may have finished its regular season April 30 by losing to the Questa Wildcats 15-12, but the Bobcats will...

Masked Driver Treats Local Roads Like Racetrack

    5/14/09 Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Unjust Slap? Monday, April 27     •...

McCurdy Crowns Honor-Student Queen

From a press release 5/14/09     McCurdy School crowned Ashley A. Pacheco, of Chimayó, prom queen May 2.     Pacheco is a senior and will graduate May...

Ohkay Casino Wins $250,000 Jackpot Dispute

5/14/09     A state Appeals Court judge has ruled an Española man cannot sue Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo’s Tsay Corporation in state District Court for refusing...

Family Get-Together Ends in Stabbing

State Police arrested the suspect in a triple stabbing Sunday when he returned to the scene of the crime later the morning of the...

Lead Prosecutor Leaves Local Office

Former assistant district attorney Kathryn Thwaits left her post last week as the head of Rio Arriba County’s District Attorney office.     Thwaits had been...

Hantavirus Hits Close To Home

From a press release 5/14/09     The New Mexico Health Department announced May 8 that a 25-year-old woman from Santa Fe County was hospitalized in critical...

Authority Owes City $213,600

5/14/09     City of Española officials say the North Central Solid Waste Authority owes the city $213,600, and they’re afraid the Authority is too broke...

Martinez Evicted from City Land

5/7/09     As of mid-June, a former Española Police officer under investigation for allegedly possessing child pornography will no longer be living rent-free on city...

Curious Choice for New Degree

5/14/09     A lack of interest from area employers and residents is not stopping Northern New Mexico College from trying to add a bachelor’s degree...

Lapses in Jail Security Catch Commissioner’s Eye

5/7/09     Rio Arriba County Commissioners and staff witnessed a potentially lethal security lapse during a scheduled County jail inspection, April 30.     Jail Administrator Bidal...

Drug May Have Played Role in Death

5/14/09     Rio Arriba County Jail Guard Henry Gallegos found the body of Lawrence Kaiser Feb. 4, 2007, at 10 a.m. in a holding cell...

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