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Flu Vaccines Arrive

    The first shipment of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine has arrived in New Mexico, but it’s still unclear exactly how the much-desired meds...

Cider press among charms of new Ojo Caliente market

    When Craig Borner drove up to the Ojo Caliente Farmers’ Market Oct. 3 to unload bushels of apples and an aging cider press...

Jemez Mountain Elk-Hunting Unit Boundaries Changed

Small landowners in southwestern Rio Arriba County won a partial victory last week at the state Game and Fish Commission meeting. The Commission unanimously passed...

Public Lands Day Not All about Cleaning

Saturday will offer Rio Arriba residents the opportunity to volunteer at two cleanups and fish for free on public lands. If you’re willing to volunteer...

Rio Arribans Place at State Fair

Michelle Herrera hasn’t spent much time relishing the second place prize she won Sept. 12 at the State Fair Parade. “It gets me a little...

Tele-Town Hall Draws Thousands

Participants’ tone ranged from supportive to unabashedly critical during United States Rep. Ben Ray Lujan’s (D-NM) Sept. 8 telephone town hall event on health...

Can You Pass the Firefighter Test?

Analysis by Kevin Bersett SUN News Editor Española Fire Chief John Kitchen had warned me. “You are going to be sore for days,” he said. He didn’t offer...

Female Hunters Gaining on Male Counterparts

The hunter’s nickname is “Deerslayer” and for four straight years she has put venison in the family freezer. Her latest trophy was an impressive...

Roasted to Perfection

(SUNfoto by George Morse) David McGee roasts some Hatch green chile Monday at Center Market. Across town at the Española Farmers’ Market Rosalinda Espinoza and...

Going Hog Wild at the County Fair

    The usually sleepy Rio Arriba County Rural Events Center came alive last week as hundreds of visitors attended the 2009 County Fair.     After...

End of an Era

    After three generations and nearly 90 years in El Rito, Martin's General Store will close Aug. 31, owner Greg Martin said Monday.     “This...

Dancers Flock to Jicarilla’s Pow-Wow

    Feathers shook, shawls waved and bells jangled under the glaring July sun and around a circular dirt court where dancers from tribes throughout...

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