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Deputies Warned Not To Politick While on Duty

    A memo cracking down on politcking made its way through the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department earlier this month after a burglary victim...

4 Die in Alcohol-Related Crashes

    Rio Arribans were involved in two separate alcohol-related crashes last week that killed four people. Open containers were found at the scene of...

Teen’s Joyride Ignites Massive Police Search

    A missing Alcalde teenager who prompted a massive search-and-rescue operation was found Tuesday afternoon cruising around Los Alamos in his family’s jeep.     “He...

Solar Funds Being Squandered At College, Advocate Claims

6/26/08     The man who helped Northern New Mexico College secure a multi-million dollar legislative allocation in the hopes of turning Española into a hub...

District Dirt Makes Its Way to District Employee’s Land

6/26/08     Out of 55 truckloads of dirt that were removed from a construction project at Española Valley High School in late April, only 23...

Director Lashes Out at Superintendent at Meeting

6/26/08     Recent tensions between Española School District Superintendent David Cockerham and District administrators turned visibly explosive June 11 when a seemingly innocent question posed...

Successful Reading Program Faces Funding Cut

6/26/08     The Española School District has given a popular reading program another year of life despite a 60 percent cut in federal funding. However,...

Retirees Look Forward to Life After the Española Schools

6/26/08     The Española School District honored 17 employees who retired at the end of this past school year. Some left after working more than...

Board Member’s Wife Gets Summer Work

7/3/08     The wife of an Española School Board member was awarded a summer job at the District's central offices last month, and nearly received...

Ballot Box Shortage To Delay Bond Vote

7/10/08     A lack of voting machines in Rio Arriba County could derail the Española School Board's plans to ask voters in September to once...

Start Times Changed Back

7/3/08     After Española School District Superintendent David Cockerham's attempt to start the school day half an hour later this past school year resulted in...

Students Use Summer Break To Hone Academic Skills

7/10/08     Sandra Martinez's class of first- and second-grade students closed their copies of "Henry and Mudge," a short story about a boy and his...

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