Chama Valley & Abiquiú Daily Digest Sunday, May 31, 2026
Ty's Take
A man from Alcalde pleading guilty to felonies, the Senior Center back open, Holy Cross Catholic School shutting its doors—three pieces of news that tell you something about what's happening in this country right now, and none of it's particularly easy to sit with. The school closure hits different when you've watched generations of families send their kids through those halls, when Catholic education has been woven into the fabric of Rio Arriba County since before most of us were born. Meanwhile the Senior Center reopening is the kind of small victory that matters in a place where elders are the living memory of how things used to work—how the land grants functioned, where the water went, which families owned what. As for the felonies, well, that's the kind of thing that used to stay quiet in small towns, but the courthouse record doesn't lie. These three stories sitting side by side—loss, resilience, and hard accountability—they're the real pulse of the north country right now.
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Alcalde Man Pleads Guilty to 3 Felonies
An Alcalde resident has pleaded guilty to three felony charges, including child abuse, after threatening two men with a gun during an altercation at his home. David Casias, 42, was previously held without bail as he awaited trial on the charges stemming from the incident involving his...
The Beatrice Martinez Senior Center has resumed operations following a nearly two-week closure caused by a gas leak in an underground exterior line. City officials determined the leak resulted from corrosion and have since repaired the damage.
Holy Cross Catholic School Set to Close
Holy Cross Catholic School in Santa Cruz will close after more than 70 years of serving families throughout the Española Valley. The closure ends one of Northern New Mexico's longest-running faith-based schools.
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