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 ...

As the year draws to a close, the Rio Grande SUN is reflecting on the stories that have shaped Española and Rio Arriba County.

An Española Police officer performed an unconventional traffic stop on Nov. 26 and now an Alcalde man faces one count each of larceny and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a La Puebla man’s death after he was found injuried and lying on the road.

Whether a recall effort against Rio Arriba County District 2 Commissioner Alex Naranjo can move forward is now up to the New ...

Los Matachines de Alcalde drew a crowd Dec. 27 at St. Ann’s Church in Alcalde with their performance. They danced that ...

Three elected Rio Arriba County officials can look forward to higher salaries effective Jan. 1, thanks to Resolution No. 2025-031, which was approved by the county commission during the Dec.

New Mexico’s iconic piñon trees (P. edulis), sometimes called the Two Needle Piñon, is engrained into the culture and lives ...

I always listen to the first movement twice. Chaos doesn’t just happen, it builds on itself, it uses gravity to envelop, encircle and pull.

Olympic years and presidential election years can have a lasting impact on people’s memory. Whether such years also have a lasting impact on history depends on, well, history.

Some of us remember the turbulent economy of the 1970s, which made the last few years look like a walk in the park. We didn’t just have inflation, we had ...

George Washington visited the fourth and 12th grade classes at Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools and McCurdy Charter School the ...