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Error Affects June Utility Bills

By Miles Barth SUN Staff Writer Residential and commercial customers received smaller utility bills in June, but it’s not because they used less, it...

Preparing for an Emergency

By Miles Barth SUN Staff Writer Española City Police officers and Firefighter-Emergency Medical Technicians rushed through Carlos F. Vigil Middle School on July...

Rock-Thrower’s Competence to be Evaluated

By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN A judge is set to evaluate a Chama man’s competency in a case where he has been held without...

A Slab Pie is Perfect for the Summer Season

How is it already July? I ask it everyday now. July means a couple of things. My raspberries are in various sundry stages of...

Police Blotter: Machete-Wielding Pedestrian Wants Revenge

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration...

Interim Mesa Vista Super Chosen

By Cadie CarrilloSpecial to the SUN With the beginning of the 2026–27 School Year just weeks away, two Rio Arriba County school districts have taken...

Co-op to Propose Rate Increase

By Miles Barth SUN Staff Writer A rate increase could be coming to Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative (JMEC) members, and though there was a...

Lowrider Day Scheduled for Saturday

By Chris Patrick MorganSpecial to the SUN Lowrider Day de Española is back this year after a one-year hiatus, and scheduled for Saturday (7/25). Previous...

Feds Flag Gomez-Lopez Case for Possible Higher Sentence

By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Lucas Gomez-Lopez to 15-21 months on a charge of re-entry of...

Northern Briefs 7/23/26

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...

Martinez Sentenced to 40 Years for Case Tied to Cypress Garcia’s Death

By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN A federal judge sentenced Ricky Martinez, July 16, to 40 years in prison in the federal case tied to...

A View from the Front Line

Todd FuquaEl Rito Mediatfuqua@elritomedia.com One year later, flood memories haven’t ebbed Skies were overcast and as I ate lunch at Pizza Hut on Sudderth Drive, rain...

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