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City LibraryCan Give LessonsIn SplittingLegislative Pie

Congratulations, Española city leaders and especially Library Director Teddy Riehl. Someone, somehow secured $300,000 to draw up plans and blue prints to turn the...

Let’s Wait for Facts

    The proposed development near Santuario de Chimayó has become a hot topic in the mountain village surrounding the internationally famous church.     The plan...

City Police DepartmentMust Be Straight with Public

    We’re not sure who’s squirming more this week, municipal judge candidate and city police officer Michelle Talache or Public Safety Chief Leo Montoya.    ...

Schools Must AddressDiscipline Problems

    Let’s put the Española School District superintendent situation aside and look at the behavior of students in the middle and high schools. There...

McCurdy Survives on Volunteers;Otterbein Group Tackles Health

Saturday night was McCurdy gala night. Volunteers and organizers reported all the tickets for the 15th annual even had been sold and the packed...

Public Wants PRC Change;Politicians, Not So Much

    Politicians and bureaucrats love to study things. They like to form committees, conduct studies, make charts and then present uninformative information to their...

Try Holding BackStudents Who Can’t Read

    There’s no shortage of opinions when it comes to Gov. Susana Martinez’ push to stop social promotion of third-graders. Social promotion is a...

Student TeachesCivics Lesson

    Kudos to Jeffrey Genauer, Northern New Mexico College student body president. He doesn’t need to take a college civics class. He’s teaching one...

Back to School

    With the departure of Española School District superintendent Evelyn Maruska, readers will see school news returning to the Rio Grande SUN.     Maruska’s hindering...

Whose BuildingIs It, Anyway?

    We once again wish state Senator Brian Boitano luck in his pursuit of passing Senate Bill 172 to stop buildings from being named...

Proposed PRC ChangesLong Overdue

    Through all our embarrassment, annoyance and disgust brought about by Jerome Block, formerly our representative on the Public Regulation Commission, it appears he...

Tribal Law EnforcementOpenness Welcome

    Reading the daily newspapers for two days and hearing about the dearth of information on television “news,” regarding Sunday's Ohkay Owingeh shooting, it...

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