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

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

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

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 has always lived and died by its politics. We insist on electing unqualified, borderline felonious (sometimes not so borderline) people to serve in positions from school board ...

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 ...

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF RIO ARRIBA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-117-CV-2024-00428 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, v. RICARDO BRIONES; SHANA BRIONES AKA SHANA JEAN BRIONES ...

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 ...

An autopsy revealed that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield died from the combined toxic effects of fentanyl and alcohol after being found in his patrol vehicle following a crash.