Robert Trapp

Rose Marie Maestas

    Rose Marie Maestas, 62, Española, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018.     She worked at Home Run Pizza and Socorro’s. She enjoyed camping.     She was...

We Can’t Grow, Improve with Proven Failed Leaders

    The game is afoot as a small, group of Española residents vie for your vote in the March 6 municipal election.     There were...

Dulce School District Can’t Hide from State Public Education Department

    Dulce School District officials can hide from reporters but the state knows where they are and the dismal job officials are doing in...

Not the Answer to Unqualified College Regents

    In the realm of appointing political buddies to serve as higher education board regents, there’s good news and bad news.     The good news...

Trash Authority Customers Deserve Solid G.M.

    The North Central Solid Waste Authority Board must get serious and hire a qualified (educated, experienced, properly skilled) general manager. The Authority has...

Loss of Net Neutrality May Affect All Rio Arribans

    Sitting in a sandwich shop two weeks ago in Albuquerque we overheard an interesting conversation. A customer, waiting for his carryout order, asked...

Shortsighted Jemez Co-op Board Kills Solar Array Project

    Former Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative general manager Joseph Sanchez called the Board on the carpet this week with a fact-punctuated email explaining why...

Mayor’s Political Plays Exposed in Lawsuit

    By the end of 2018 Mayor Alice Lucero will get the metaphoric spanking she's deserved a long time.     Former city manager Kelly Duran...

Commissioners Ignore Zoning Laws, Deny Zoning Request

    Youngsville resident John Hunt got a nasty lesson last month in Rio Arriba County politics.     Hunt sought permission Nov. 2 to put an...

We Just Can’t Have Nice Things

    It’s a common phrase when an errant child breaks something, that a mother utters. “That’s why we can’t have nice things.”     Española residents...

Comprehensive Plan’s Success Lies in Action

    The comprehensive plan the Española City Council approved Tuesday night should be read by every citizen in Española. Rio Grande SUN staff writer...

Code Talkers Disrespected

    Three Navajo Nation World War II veterans, who served the United States as Code Talkers, were honored at the White House Monday. Anyone...

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