Chris McGuinness

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily...
  Items for Northern Briefs may be submitted by sending them to jgarcia@riograndesun.com Submissions must be received no later than noon Monday for publication that week. Library Events The Española Public Library will host a Halloween Get-Together from 4-6...

A Fair Price for Influence?

    Northern New Mexico College may want to offer free typing classes to its lobbyist.     It took Northern lobbyist Amy Horowitz two hours Jan....

A Tale of Two Candidates

    The Española School Board announced the two final candidates to become the District’s next superintendent to a nearly empty room Tuesday.     At a...

Española Skips Special Ed. Services

    Two Española School District parents have filed a formal complaint with the state Education Department over an alleged lack of ancillary services for...

Deputies in Schools?

    The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department is considering offering its services to the Española School District for the 2011-12 school year and could...

Española Principals Playing Musical Chairs — Again

    Española School District parents will be seeing some new faces in the offices of their children’s schools come August after Superintendent Evelyn Maruska...

Lunch Money a Little Bit Safer at Cariños

    Cariños Charter School is attempting to address the issue of school bullying by having its teachers take advantage of a training course put...

School Board’s Swearing-in Ceremony Costs Taxpayers $800

    The Española School District spent $2,046,750 in June. The following is a partial list of those expenditures:     • $103,572 for the Achieve 3000...

Schools Spring For iPads

    The Española School District’s principals and their assistants are going to be using some new technology to help observe and evaluate teachers for...

Teachers Prepare for New Year with Meet-and-Greet

    Española students weren’t the only ones getting ready for the 2011-12 school year last week. Teachers, administrators and other District staff began the...

New Finance Boss Lacks Degree

    Española School District Superintendent Evelyn Maruska named a two-year veteran of the District’s Business Department as the District’s new finance director for the...

McCurdy Makes Charter Bid Official

    Española residents may see two new charter schools in the near future, according to documents from the state Education Department.     Out of four...

Bond Oversight Committee MIA

    The Española School Board took the first step toward spending $28 million in general obligation bonds, but the status of a promised bond...

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