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Chama Valley & Abiquiú Daily Digest Sunday, September 27, 2026

Ty's Take

When a woman ends up indicted for kicking deputies and prosecutors are arguing to keep her locked up without bail, you know something went sideways hard enough that the courts aren't taking chances. The details matter less than what this tells you about whoever was on scene that day, and what kind of desperation or rage or something else entirely pushed things past the point of a simple citation or fine. Up here where most people know most people, a case like this ripples different than it does in the city. Everybody's got a stake in understanding whether this was someone having the worst day of their life or whether there's a pattern nobody saw coming. Either way, the Chama Valley and Abiquiú country are watching how the system handles its own now.

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Weather Alerts

Flood Watch

Flood Watch issued September 27 at 1:39AM MDT until September 30 at 6:00AM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Areas along and west of the central mountain chain including the west slopes of the Sangre de Cristo's, the Sandia/Manzano Mountains, and the south-central mountains, as well as the Rio Grande Valley westward to the Arizona borde...

Rio Grande SUN

Prosecutors Ask for No Bail

An Española man is being held without bail after prosecutors say he stole a vehicle and crashed head-on into a tribal police officer's cruiser in Rio Arriba County. The suspect led officers on a foot chase that ended when deputies used a stun gun on him twice.

Woman Indicted, Accused of Kicking Deputies

A Zuni woman faces six charges after a welfare check in Rio Arriba County turned into a confrontation with deputies. Kristi Waatsa, 27, was indicted on four counts of battery on an officer plus charges of resisting arrest and concealing evidence.

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