The death of Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield last month was caused by a drug overdose involving alcohol as well as the synthetic opioid fentanyl, according to reports released Thursday ...

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

What does it sound like when 911 calls from a community double, overdose deaths are the leading cause of death, and police ...

New Mexico declared a state of emergency over rising violent crime. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham requested federal help for ...

The state of emergency was declared in Rio Arriba County, in response to a surge in drug trafficking, violent crime and ...

Fentanyl was involved in 65% of overdose deaths statewide in 2023, according to New Mexico Health Department statistics. Rio Arriba County commissioners have sworn in Lorenzo Aguilar to lead the ...

There were no physical signs of trauma, and his cause of death was ruled to be an overdose of fentanyl and methamphetamine. The lawsuit filed points the blame at the Rio Arriba County Adult ...

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.

Homeland Security officials are sitting down with City of Espanola, Rio Arriba County and surrounding Pueblos to see what ...

Just two days after President Donald Trump took direct control of Washington, D.C.’s police force in an effort to bring ...

Rio Arriba County: having by far the highest rate in the state, with more than 117 deaths per hundred thousand. Matthew Guzman, a recovering fentanyl addict, knows what this drug can do.

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 ...