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Chama Chooses Elbrock for Mayor

By Amanda Martinez SUN Staff Writer     Village of Chama voters chose Billy Elbrock to be their mayor.     He won Tuesday’s election with 149 votes, according...

Big Turnout for Dem Convention

    Crowds exceeded expectations during this year’s Rio Arriba County Democratic Party Pre-Primary Convention, Feb. 24, at the Abiquiú Rural Events Center.     As the...

Education Efforts Must Build on Strengths

    New Mexico is a beautiful state. One of the aspects that makes our state so beautiful is the presence of the 22 tribal...

Early Investments Help Children

    It is a secret in plain sight that the majority of children seen in mental health settings in New Mexico are treated not...

Taking State’s Accomplishments To the Next Level

    Business leaders, educators and policy leaders share the belief that one of the best ways to build a productive and prosperous society is...

Community Helps Restore Mural

    Encompassed in yellow light, with a blaze of golden stars across her veil, surrounded by red roses and with her hands pressed together...

Organizing Communities Around Children

    There is a reason that New Mexico routinely battles it out with Mississippi over which state has the worst child welfare rankings: We...

Collaboration Key to Improving Well-Being

    Why can’t we move the needle on child well-being?     We know generally that successful and supportive families have successful children and that families...

Plight of Children is Doomsday Scenario

    For eight years, there has been debate over funding early childhood programs, yet there has been no substantial investment to create an intervention...

Child Poverty Traces Back to Federal Land-Takings

    The number of people living in extreme poverty in the world has been markedly reduced in the last couple of decades.     This wonderful...

Sheriff’s Office to Provide Chama Patrols

    The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office will be the Village of Chama’s official law enforcement provider, but whether it gets compensated, is still...

Residents Remove Tires from Polluted Rio Chama

    Beneath the bridge along U.S. Highway 233, in Medanales, is a cluster of illegally dumped tires, some jutting out of the sand, disrupting...

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