The New Mexico Department of Public Safety took 42 days — far beyond the 15 days allowed by state statute — to release information this week about the mysterious April death of Rio Arriba County ...

A 19-year-old Santa Fe woman is facing a felony charge of child abuse and misdemeanor charges of aggravated battery on a household member and aggravated drunk driving after she allegedly ...

Nearly two months after the death of Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield, New Mexico State Police continue to ...

A month and a half after Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield died from a fatal combination of alcohol and fentanyl, those investigating his death still don't know how he consumed the drug. An ...

Rio Arriba County has always lived and died by its politics. We insist on electing unqualified, borderline felonious ...

It's been about a month since Lorenzo Aguilar became the sheriff of Rio Arriba County. It's a place about 40,000 people call h0me. "It's where I grew up. It's where my family is. It's where as a kid, ...

It was one month on Tuesday since Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield was found dead in his patrol unit at his Abiquiú home.

New Mexico State Labs have released the toxicology report for former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield, who died in late April. According to the report, Merrifield died from the effects ...

TAOS — After the call went out on Easter Sunday that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield had been found unresponsive in his patrol unit outside his Abiquiú Reservoir home, more than a ...

we are hearing the distraught 911 call from a friend of the Rio Arriba County sheriff, to report the sheriff’s death, shedding light on what led up to his body being found in his work vehicle.

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 Sheriff Billy Merrifield was found dead unexpectedly in his home Sunday. He was appointed after James Lujan resigned following his conviction on two felony counts. Commissioners ...