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Chama Valley & Abiquiú Daily Digest Sunday, June 07, 2026

Ty McDuffey

07 Jun 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Somebody in this valley beat up a seventeen-year-old badly enough that a forty-five-year-old is now facing charges, and that's the kind of thing that used to stay quiet in small towns—got handled family-to-family or not at all. These days the sheriff's office doesn't let it slide, which is probably right, though it means neighbors know about neighbors in ways that cut deeper than gossip ever did. Meanwhile, down in the garden plots around Abiquiú and El Rito, folks are cursing the rosetas and toritos again—those little seed beetles that eat everything green before it gets a chance to grow. One's the kind of trouble that shakes a community; the other's just the high desert reminding you it doesn't owe you anything. Both are part of living up here.

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45-Year-Old Faces Charges for Alleged Assault on Teen, 17

An Española man has been charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor and false imprisonment following allegations that he assaulted a 17-year-old coworker at their workplace. The suspect allegedly followed the teen into a walk-in freezer where he engaged in unwanted physical contact before...

Rosetas Y Toritos — The Bane of Gardeners

Local gardeners are contending with a seasonal nuisance as sand burrs and goat heads—known locally as rosetas and toritos—become embedded in soil during the growing season. These sharp plant seeds make routine gardening tasks like weeding and transplanting painful and frustrating for those working...

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