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Relay for Life Del NorteBlows Away Fund-Raising Goals

    Belinda Valdez, and her sister Brenda Eyman are a two-woman wrecking crew of the North in the fight against cancer. The two co-chaired...

Please, No Public Input

    Did city of Española officials want public input before passing the cell phone ordinance?     Last week city officials danced around whether proper notification...

Jemez Elections Quiet

    It’s a little difficult to get excited about the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative elections. On one side you’ve got the incumbents, the old...

It’s the Joe Maestas Show!

    Española Mayor Joseph Maestas can get on the local radio station and say just about anything he likes about the Rio Grande SUN,...

Hospital Administration, Please Hurry

    The Española Hospital folks say we have another ambulance coming back into rotation. That wasn’t so bad, was it? All it took was...

Superconducting Seminar Will Be Super Interesting

    I only had to ask Dean Peterson one question about superconducting and he was off. As he said, it’s like turning on a...

Too Late to HireCity Attorney

    It’s tough hiring people. It’s tougher still to hire good people. Ask officials in the city of Española. They’ve been limping along for...

Cops, Checkpoints Can DoWhat Ponch Can’t

    (Editor’s warning: If you’re a fan of the 1970s television series CHiPs, and specifically Erik Estrada, stop reading now. You’ll only be upset.)    ...

Blood Drive Aims to AlleviateLocal Blood Donation Shortage

    The Española Valley has a solid core of altruistic, good citizens who make the blood donation circuit. We know that because they find...

Leave Successful Dance GroupAlone; It’s Working

    Janette Archuleta better get control of Española School District fast. The road this board is wandering is fraught with potholes and dangerous curves...

Helping Hunters How?

    Hunters just got a good lesson on the current economy and banking situation. The state’s answer to an inequity in the way people...

Applications Public

    The city of Farmington did informed citizens a great favor when it appealed its District court loss to the Farmington Daily Times. The...

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