Whitney Jones

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily...
  Items for Northern Briefs may be submitted by sending them to jgarcia@riograndesun.com Submissions must be received no later than noon Monday for publication that week. Library Events The Española Public Library will host a Halloween Get-Together from 4-6...

As Elections Near; Council Nixes Furlough Days

    The Española City Council voted Jan. 24 to eliminate the monthly city-wide furlough days for the rest the fiscal year after reviewing the...

Councilor Appealing PRC Fines to Supreme Court

    Española District 4 City Councilor Robert Seeds faced the choice Feb. 13 of paying the state Public Regulation Commission $18,000 in fines or...

Blue Bus Board Approves $600K Increase

    Swampy soil that has stalled construction on the North Central Regional Transit District’s Transit Center in Española has now tacked on more than...

PRC Rookie Won’t Vie to Keep Seat

    State Public Regulation Commissioner Doug Howe dropped his 2012 campaign to retain his District 3 seat one day after a Rio Grande SUN...

Seeds May Face More Fines

    A week after the state Public Regulation Commission levied an $18,000 fine against Española District 4 City Councilor Robert Seeds for mishandling a...

PRC Nails Seeds With $18K Fine

    Española District 4 City Councilor Robert Seeds has been slapped with an $18,000 fine from the state Public Regulation Commission for mishandling a...

Campaign Signs Lack Disclosure

    Signs for at least three candidates running for city offices in March ignore a local law requiring that all political advertisements identify a...

Seeds of Discontent

    New research into genetically engineering chile has some Northern New Mexicans concerned about unintended consequences, not the least of which is what they...

Redistricting Fight Headed to Supreme Court

    Two men with Rio Arriba County connections are among a group of plaintiffs asking the state Supreme Court to overturn an approved redistricting...

3 of 10 Candidates to Skip Forum

    The It Takes a Valley community group is hosting a candidate forum offering the public an opportunity to pose questions to municipal office-seekers,...

City to Impose Fines on Owners of Abandoned Buildings

    The Española City Council is moving forward with a local law that aims to relieve the city’s blight of abandoned buildings.     In a...

PRC Doesn’t Buy Seeds’ Appeal

    The state Public Regulation Commission Tuesday denied an appeal from Española District 4 City Councilor Robert Seeds to re-hear a case that stuck...

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