Alpujarra

News from La Alpujarra

Road Accident Weekend

by Martin Myall • September 25, 2023

The weekend just past saw two fatal road accidents; one on the A-7 and another in the Sierra de La Contraviesa area.

by Vivienne Hughes • September 17, 2023

A Public Prosecutor has recommended a prison sentence for a man, suspected of leaving his handicapped brother to die.

by Hugh MacArthur • August 27, 2023

All over Granada, strong gusting winds prevailed last night and this morning, hindering firefighters inland this morning, as well as carving away beaches .

by Martin Myall • August 13, 2023

A 56-year-old man in Torvizcón (Contraversia) was arrested by the Guardia Civil for beating another man with a large hammer.

by Hugh MacArthur • July 8, 2023

The Guardia Civil have done their homework and found a suspect behind the shooting of a fox in a hamlet near Órgiva at the end of June.

by Martin Myall • June 26, 2023

I remember mentioning in a bar in Otívar that I had a fox that came around and took food from my hand. The reaction was, “Foxes are bad, shoot it.”

by Martin Myall • June 9, 2023

We reported on a ram that attacked foreign hikers up near Trevélez in the Alpujarra.

by Martin Myall • June 1, 2023

A Sunday-morning walk in the countryside for a group of foreign residents was interrupted by a ram who had got his goat up.

by Hugh MacArthur • May 19, 2023

Readers might remember the shooting near Rules Reservoir resulting in death & injury. The police are looking for the fourth person implicated.

by Martin Myall • May 14, 2023

No, weren’t talking about low-IQ drivers behind souped-up hot bangers but the plethora of promises emitted by political parties; the elections are weeks away!