By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN
A day after being booked into the Tierra Amarilla Detention Center and complaining of methadone withdrawal, a 44-year-old Velarde...
By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN
A day after being booked into the Tierra Amarilla Detention Center and complaining of methadone withdrawal, a 44-year-old Velarde man died from indeterminate causes.Joey Rodriguez died in the jail on April...
From a Press Release
The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office will conduct Selective Traffic Enforcement Projects, Click It or Ticket and sobriety checkpoints, as well as DWI saturation patrols in the coming months. These initiatives will be...
SUN Staff Report
A 911 call that began as a welfare check ended with the Office of the Medical Investigator being called to Dan’s Liquor in Chimayó.Rio Arriba Deputy John Greene was dispatched to the liquor store...
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...
By Herbert Soriano GarciaGuest Column
In New Mexico, the word querencia carries a special kind of weight. It means more than belonging, that word means a deep connection to a place, a feeling that the land, the...
By Jose Garcia
As Yogi Berra famously said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” At the bottom of the barrel among states, New Mexico’s political system is stuck at Yogi’s fork: lots...
By Javier Sanchez
Many years ago, someone told you that you can’t go any higher. Your belief lid was placed on your head, and for lack of knowing any better and for lack of any real alternative,...
Deluvina Geneva Martinez, a lifelong resident of Canjilon, NM, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2026, surrounded by her family. She was born September 9, 1962, in Leadville, Colorado, to Aquilino and Dolores Baca.
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By Cadie CarrilloSpecial to the SUN
It hasn’t yet been two months since Carl Marano resigned as superintendent of Española Public Schools, but he already...
By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN
A day after being booked into the Tierra Amarilla Detention Center and complaining of methadone withdrawal, a 44-year-old Velarde...
From a Press Release
The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office will conduct Selective Traffic Enforcement Projects, Click It or Ticket and sobriety checkpoints, as well...
By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN
Española police investigated the possible overdose death of a 39-year-old Alcalde man after he was found in an empty...
By Amanda MartinezSpecial to the SUN
An Española city councilor wants to pass three new resolutions and an ordinance that would regulate elected official conduct...
The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration...
From a Press Release
New Mexico State Police will conduct sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New...
From a Press Release
The Northern Río Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) is hosting a hands-on workshop with Chantel West of we.grow.eco at Los Luceros...
