The following information is provided by the Española Police Department. These arrests were made between Sept. 14 and Sept. 23. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them. Read on to see this week's blotter.
Fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, hope to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and forecasted weather, to conduct previously announced prescribed burns sometime between Sept. 26 and Dec. 31, 2017.
Fire managers are looking at three targets for fall burning on the Coyote District...
SANTA FE ― The Bureau of Land Management is seeking input on the analysis of 26 parcels in northern New Mexico for the March 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are located in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and San Juan counties.
The draft environmental assessment analyzes a range of alternatives for the sale, and is available for review at...
ALBUQUERQUE ― Last week, Attorney General Hector Balderas announced he has written credit reporting firm Equifax to protest the firm's policy of charging for some credit monitoring services after a security breach caused by the firm's own mistakes.
At the request of the Mexican government, a U.S. Urban Search and Rescue team arrived in Mexico to support search and rescue efforts after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the country...
The Los Alamos National Laboratory Major Subcontractors Consortium (LANL MSC), an organization made up of local northern New Mexico businesses that have contracts at LANL awarded five economic development grants to nonprofit organizations serving various communities in northern NM...
ALBUQUERQUE – Monday, Attorney General Hector Balderas issued a Scam Alert warning New Mexicans to protect themselves against callers attempting to use the recent security breach at Equifax to perpetrate a new kind of scam.
The new scam involves callers pretending to represent Equifax and asking...
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
New Mexico State Police Ofc. Toby LaFave reached a milestone Sept. 8 very few can say, he made his 100th DWI arrest of the year.
For those who know and work with Ofc. LaFave this appeared to be business as usual, given his previous accolades and work ethic. He has been with the New Mexico State Police for six years, with eight years' experience prior, and in that relatively short time frame has amassed numerous awards and recognitions..
SANTA FE – Former Española Mayor and current Santa Fe City Councilor Joseph Maestas announced on Tuesday, Sept. 19 that he had met with the Santa Fe City Clerk to formally begin a campaign to seek the Office of Mayor in lieu of a bid for re-election of his City Council District 2 position.
Councilor Maestas released the following statement...
