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T.A. Project Lacks Water Rights

    The master plan for a 325-unit residential development on more than 4,700 acres south of Tierra Amarilla got past the Rio Arriba County...

Ayudantes Closes Doors At Three Locations; Selling Assets to Pay Debt

    Ayudantes, a mental health facility that had offices in Española, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, June 30 permanently ceased operations at all locations.    ...

Ten Summers of Stage Three

    The city of Española is spending its tenth consecutive summer on Stage 3 water restrictions, a mandatory water management plan that limits residential...

County Seeks to Raise Lodger’s Tax 2 Percent

    The Rio Arriba County Commission will consider raising taxes next week for the second time in as many months.     An ordinance amendment that...

Stolen Pets Returned

SUN Staff Report     Two pit bull puppies reported stolen Monday from the Española Animal Shelter were returned to the following day.     A woman turned...

Center Closing; Director Upbeat

    The statue of Don Juan de Oñate in Alcalde at the Rio Arriba County-run center that bears his name lost its foot in...

Family Flees After Molotov Cocktails Hit Kitchen Window

    Someone tried firebombing a family’s Lower San Pedro Road trailer July 24, but couldn’t muster up enough strength.     Española Police are looking for...

Payments Made to Ex-Super.

    Kathy Borrego wrote thousands of dollars in personal checks to former school administrator Robert Archuleta during and after Archuleta’s time as Borrego’s boss...

Attacker Beats Rape Charges, Avoids Prison

    An Española man accused of beating his girlfriend twice in one day last year and sexually assaulting her in the process escaped first-degree...

In Midst of Search, Board Member’s Wife Promoted

    The spouse of Española School Board President Andrew Chavez has been given a new job title that could come with a $12,000 a...

Single Homes May Be Allowed under Moratorium

    Landowners who want to put homes on their agricultural land in Rio Arriba County would no longer be barred from doing so under...

New Union Deal May Give Teachers Time Off for March Madness

    The Mesa Vista School Board unanimously approved June 30 a collective bargaining agreement for the upcoming school year despite reservations from two members...

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