In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic ...

New Mexico’s Democrat governor on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over rampant violence and drug trafficking in a ...

The vast county stretches from the city of Española to the Colorado state line, including two Native American pueblo ...

The state of emergency was declared in Rio Arriba County, in response to a surge in drug trafficking, violent crime and public safety threats that have overwhelmed local resources.

Wheeler CowperthwaiteFor the Española and Rio Arriba County are under a state of emergency for a “surge in violent crime, ...

Local authorities and tribal officials in the county had called for state reinforcements to combat the escalating crime ...

This story has been updated to show what the executive order said about the New Mexico National Guard. ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) ...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared a state of emergency​ in the city of Española and nearby areas in ...

Dec. 12—Three Rio Arriba County jail employees are on administrative leave in the wake of raid Monday in which local law enforcement agents sought the source of drugs coming into the facility, where ...

Nov. 7—The family of a man who died of a drug overdose last year in the Rio Arriba County jail in Tierra Amarilla has filed a wrongful death complaint against the county, alleging he would still ...