The Rio Arriba County primary election isn’t until June and early voting is on May 5, but some candidates already had signs up within city limits — something that goes against a city ordinance.
It was not exactly a stellar performance for the Española Valley track and field squad a year ago as the boys and girls teams came away with exactly one point at the Class 4A state meet.
New Mexico State Police arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly drunkenly causing a fatal car crash on March 29, after he was reported by his employer as driving drunk toward Farmington.
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A 24-year-old Española man pleaded guilty to a single count of drunk driving, following a June 12 crash in which deputies allegedly found the passenger in his car died from what appeared to be an overdose before the crash.