More than six years is a long time to wait to deal with an itch that just wouldn’t quite go away.

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I have authored this letter in support of Monica Salazar for the position of Rio Arriba County Sheriff for which she is more than imminently qualified.

I really liked state Sen. David Gallegos’ opinion piece in last week’s paper, titled: If Someone Wanted to Hold New Mexico Back. It went straight to the point on why we are at the bottom of most lists, from education to economic opportunity. There is one category where we lead – welfare dependency. Sen. Gallegos rightly placed the blame on progressive Democrats, who are all about power and not the people. They promote government dependency for those who struggle economically and over-regulate those who achieve.

Tear it down and start over.

“Understanding Homelessness,” a program that offers an in-depth look at the causes and effects of this major challenge, will be offered at 6:30 p.m. today (4/16) at SALA and at 6:30 p.m. April 28 at the White Rock United Methodist Church.

The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Inc. Board of Directors voted on March 27 to formally withdraw from membership in Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State).

Prosecutors dismissed a case against a Medanales man accused of indecent exposure after he took a plea deal for drug possession in an older case.

Prosecutors are asking that a Los Alamos man, who was initially arrested for drunk driving, be held without bail after he allegedly attacked officers while at the Española police station and had to be sedated April 3 at the Española Hospital.

A 61-year-old Medanales woman was charged with aggravated DWI, first offense and driving while license revoked, DWI related, after she fell off her three-wheeled motorcycle.

A Rio Arriba grand jury indicted a 63-year-old El Rito man for drunk driving sixth-offense, in a case originally filed in 2023.

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily throughout the Española Valley.