After the call went out on Easter Sunday that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield had been found unresponsive in his ...

Executive orders from the governor’s office show New Mexico has so far authorized over $2 million to be spent on the ...

New Mexico State Labs have released the toxicology report for former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield, who died in ...

An autopsy and toxicology report reveals the sheriff had drugs and alcohol in his system at the time of death.

Medical investigators released former Rio Arriba County sheriff's toxicology and autopsy report, which has led to even more questions.

Medical investigators have determined that a county sheriff in northern New Mexico died from the toxic effects of fentanyl and alcohol, according to autopsy results made public Thursday. Rio Arriba ...

UNDER INVESTIGATION. ALSO BREAKING IN THE LAST HOUR, THE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS ITS SHERIFF, BILLY MERRIFIELD, HAS PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING. THEY SAY HE UNEXPECTEDLY DIED AT HIS ...

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. – Rio Arriba County already has a new sheriff from within its rank after the sudden death of Sheriff Billy Merrifield over the weekend. Rio Arriba County commissioners ...

Rio Arriba County commissioners Monday appointed a major to lead the sheriff’s office as New Mexico State Police continued to investigate the death of Sheriff Billy Merrifield at his home early ...

Two survivors have filed suit against Rio Arriba County office-holders, alleging that their civil rights were violated when ...

A panicked 911 call from a close friend of Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield on the day of Merrifield’s death paints a picture, albeit an incomplete one, of the apparent circumstances ...

Merrifield was found dead in his patrol vehicle outside his house near Abiquiú Lake on Easter Sunday after a night out with ...