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

The first batch of reports indicate state police did not recover drugs or paraphernalia from the scene of Billy Merrifield's ...

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

The state's reasoning for withholding police reports from a sheriff's death investigation could conflict with court rulings.

Rio Arriba County — where Merrifield served as sheriff for more than three years — has the highest drug overdose death rate in the state, in spite of its low population.

SEVEN NEWS. THE LATEST SHERIFF IS JUST ONE MONTH INTO THE JOB IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY. AND THIS COMES AFTER THE MOST RECENT SHERIFF DIED. FROM WHAT INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS A DRUG OVERDOSE WHILE HE WAS ...

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. – We’re learning more about the death of former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield. His own deputies found him dead in his patrol unit outside his home on ...

May 15—Former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield died last month due to the toxic effects of fentanyl and ethanol, according to an autopsy report released by the New Mexico Office of the ...

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — 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 ...

For the first time since 1979, Artesia voters rejected a mill levy to fund operations at Artesia General Hospital, according ...

When Rio Arriba County Sheriff Deputy Jeremy Barnes is called to Española Valley High School to deal with a special education ...