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Deputy Tickets Still Unpaid, Unclear Who Is Responsible

    A Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputy is disputing a speed-camera citation that he, and by extension the County, owe to the city of...

Local Man Nabbed for Denver Homicide

    A man wanted for questioning in an Oct. 4 shooting, in which one man was struck in the neck while driving with a...

Flaymon J. Sandoval

 Flaymon J. Sandoval, Jr., 44, San Pedro, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011.     He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Alberto and Ignacita...

Taxpayers Stuck with Ranchers’ Legal Bills

    In shelling out tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to help Northern New Mexico ranchers wage legal battles against the federal government, the...

Loopholes Plague State Sex Offender Registry

    When Richard Hill, 67, was sentenced last July on charges that he sexually molested a young girl, his victim told state District Court...

Lawyer Adds New Claim to Case vs. County

    Attorney AJ Salazar added new accusations to an existing threat to sue Rio Arriba County over alleged sexual harassment at the County Jail...

Fewer Voters Braved Cold for School Elections

    Rio Arriba County voters in large part failed to show up to the polls for the Feb. 1 school board elections, according to...

Rio Arriba County Grand Jury Indictments

    A Rio Arriba County Grand Jury returned indictments on the following people in January:     • Matthew Lujan, 41, of White Rock, on two...

Santa Clara Keeps Dasheno As Governor

    A split of two factions within two political groups helped tribal leadership in Santa Clara Pueblo remain predominantly unchanged.      The election, held Sunday...

Corpse Pulled from Freezing Rio Grande

    The Office of the Medical Investigator could shed more light on how a 64-year-old man ended up dead in the Rio Grande River...

Board Member Blasts Ariz. Law, Blocks Travel

    The Española School Board voted unanimously to change travel arrangements for one of its administrators because of objections against recent immigration and education...

Money Disappears from Purse in County Manager’s Office

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Throwin’ Shots Out Monday, Jan....