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Stabbing Follows Drinking

SUN Staff Report 9/21/06     A day of drinking on the job in El Rito was followed by a stabbing later that night in Española, according...

Planning Commission Accepts $40,000 to Ignore City Code

10/19/06     The Española planning commission approved a final plat for a 22-lot subdivision at 1452 Fairview Lane at an Oct. 12 meeting.     The approval...

Fisherman Returns to Colorado Lakes

Commentary by George Morse  10/19/06   I took some time off recently and went fishing in Colorado.     One of the places I visited was a lake I've...

County to Receive Disaster Funds

9/21/06     Rio Arriba County continues to seek federal and state assistance after last month's floods, but it appears individual residents will still be left...

Cost Rises for New Center

10/19/06     Health Centers of Northern New Mexico may get a new home for its cramped clinic at Española middle school, but it's going to...

Student Brings Knife To Española School

SUN Staff Report 10/12/06     An Española middle school student was suspended for 45 days after bringing two throwing knives to class.     According to an Española...

Man Arrested In John Doe Murder

SUN Staff Report 10/12/06     The second man charged in the murder of an identified man, whose skeleton was found last month in Santa Cruz, has...

Beloved Doctor Loved Flying, Family, Lobo Sports

9/28/06     Longtime Española doctor Leonard H. Akes, 88, died in his home Friday, September 22, 2006.     Born Jan. 7, 1918 in Dennis, Kan., Dr....

Two Murders = 16 Years

10/19/06     Convicted murderer Joel Trujillo received a 16-year prison sentence Oct. 11 for running over an El Rito couple.     Prosecutors had requested that Trujillo,...

Norteños Graduate from Basic Military Training

From a press release 10/19/06     Air Force Airman Ben J. Martinez has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio,...

Crimestoppers Raises White Flag

10/5/06     After three years, the Española Crimestoppers chapter is dead.     The chapter set up a crime tip-line, 929-STOP, in June 2005 and offered rewards...

SUN to Host County Spelling Bee

SUN Staff Report 10/5/06     For the second consecutive year, the Rio Grande SUN will host the 2007 Rio Arriba County Spelling Bee.     The Bee is...

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