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 by ...

After the call went out on Easter Sunday that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield had been found unresponsive in his ...

It was one month on Tuesday since Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield was found dead in his patrol unit at his Abiquiú home.

Medical investigators released former Rio Arriba County sheriff's toxicology and autopsy report, which has led to even more questions.

Rio Arriba Sheriff Billy Merrifield died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl and alcohol, according to autopsy and ...

Medical investigators have determined that a county sheriff in northern New Mexico died from the toxic effects of fentanyl and alcohol ...

An autopsy and toxicology report reveals the sheriff had drugs and alcohol in his system at the time of death.

Executive orders from the governor’s office show New Mexico has so far authorized over $2 million to be spent on the ...

Jacob Johns, the Native American artist and activist shot at a 2023 protest in Española, is taking Rio Arriba County officials to court alleging they failed to ensure public safety ...

A federal judge has — for the second time — dismissed a $25 million lawsuit by former Sheriff Alex Villanueva against County alleging that county ...

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his appeal of a civil court ruling that blamed him ...