Jose de Wit

Espanola Schools Fail

Northern Briefs
    All but three Española School District schools failed to meet state standards under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to standardized...

House Speaker Helps Friend Negotiate with Highway Department

News
    When the state Highway Department is trying to buy your land for a construction project, it may help to have one of the...

Sewage Dumping Update

City
    The city of Española has not yet fixed a problem with the plant’s ultraviolet disinfection system.     The malfunction led the sewer plant to...

Using Sludge as Fertilizer May Pose Health Risks

City
    Sewage. Sludge. Recycled human waste. Biosolids.     It goes by many other names that cannot be printed in this newspaper, and Española residents produce...

Graffiti Taggers Get Off Easy

City
    Española Police and the city’s graffiti officer said they are making headway in identifying repeat graffiti offenders, but lenient sentencing in the juvenile...

Special Report: Mexican Journalists Fear for Their Lives

News
SUN Staff Writer Jose de Wit attended the following press conference during a reporting conference he attended last month in El Paso.     Government officials...

City Hall Turmoil

News
    Española City Hall is once again in turmoil.     The city lost its planning director, lobbyist and projects manager in one swoop March 11...

School’s Out Forever: State To Shut Down Española Military Academy

News
    The parents of the Española Military Academy’s 119 students will have to decide next fall where else to send their children to school.    ...

City Council Gets Wrong Story on City Revenue

City
    The Española City Council got a rosy but inaccurate picture of the city’s fiscal standing last month.     After taking a nosedive early in...

Northern Buys Land Once Meant for High Tech Business

City
    Plans to build a $3.5 million headquarters for an Española computer company met their official death after more than four years of stalling...

Northern Spends $25,000 on Unused Solar Park Plans

Education
    Plans to spend much of Northern New Mexico College’s solar research funding on unrelated business administration offices and classrooms cost the college more...

Changes Minimal for New Post Office

City
    Construction of the new Española post office is expected to be finished within the next month and a half, but United States Postal...
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