Feb. 28—A woman suspected of using a pickup to run over and kill another woman in Española last week has surrendered to police. Española police Chief Mizel Garcia said in an interview Wednesday that Stephanie Renee Salazar, 34, turned herself in to one of the agency’s sergeants Saturday morning. Garcia said Salazar was still in […]
Feb. 28—A woman suspected of using a pickup to run over and kill another woman in Española last week has surrendered to police. Española police Chief Mizel Garcia said in an interview Wednesday that Stephanie Renee Salazar, 34, turned herself in to one of the agency’s sergeants Saturday morning. Garcia said Salazar was still in […]
Feb. 24—ESPAÑOLA — A mix of emotions pervaded a gathering of renters at Española’s Las Lomas Apartments on Saturday afternoon: anger over what they call unjust and potentially illegal treatment from property management; fear of retaliation for demanding better; and hope a growing tenants union may be able to effect change at the complex. About […]
Feb. 23—Española police were searching Friday afternoon for a woman suspected of using a pickup to run over and kill another woman. “We are looking for her,” Española Police Chief Mizel Garcia said of suspect Stephanie Renee Salazar in an interview around 3 p.m. Friday. “We have had reports that she is still in Española,” […]
Feb. 8—January is usually slow at Española Humane, with low numbers of new animals, which allows staff to prepare for the spring “kitten season.” The start of 2024 has seen a staggering number of arrivals. “Puppy season has already begun or never ended,” shelter spokeswoman Mattie Allen said. The shelter received 377 animals in January, […]
Jan. 24—New Mexico State Police determined an Española police officer did not act with negligence when he struck and killed a pedestrian on Riverside Drive on a late December morning. State police closed an investigation into the Dec. 29 crash, which killed Mary Antonette Garcia, six days later, deciding not to file charges against Officer […]
Jan. 24—An Española man has been accused of firing a gun at his brother and a woman Tuesday evening during a dispute over money. No one is thought to have been struck by gunfire in the shooting, which occurred around 6 p.m. off of Lower San Pedro Road in Española, according to court records. Joseph […]
Jan. 20—A Rio Arriba County couple is suing the city of Española and the Española Police Department, alleging officers’ failure to arrest former city councilor Phillip Chacon following a roadside altercation in 2022 left him free to run one of them down with a truck after officers left the scene. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 11 […]
Jan. 8—Two Rio Arriba County sisters have filed lawsuits against the city of Española, contending they were subjected to an illegal traffic stop after a surveillance camera mistakenly flagged their car as one that had been stolen in Rio Rancho. Española police officers pulled the sisters over July 23 on Calle Duran after they had […]
Jan. 3—Monica Mendez chuckled as she read over a website promoting Las Lomas Apartments in Española. The complex, she read, “offers all the rewards and comforts of high-class living.” Living at Las Lomas since 2019, she has faced “one thing after another,” Mendez said — from broken promises to broken appliances to surprise fees. She […]
Vladimir Putin‘s United Russia party has acquired its own private army, the so-called private military company (PMC) Española, and is actively recruiting football ultras (the most hot-headed football fans), ultranationalists and civilians from impoverished regions of the Russian Federation and the occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: Defence Intelligence notes […]