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15 Years and Counting; Enhanced 911 Still Not Finished

9/21/06     Fifteen years later and over $2 million spent on equipment, upgrades and addressing, Rio Arriba County still doesn't have Enhanced 911 service. But...

San Juan Construction Meltdown Continues

10/12/06     More than four months into San Juan Elementary’s facilities renovation and construction project, tensions between the contractor, the Española School District and the...

Puye Receives State Funds

From a press release 10/5/06     The state Tourism Department awarded $473,000 in federal funds through the Federal Highway Administration's Scenic Byways program.      These grants are...

Indicted Detective Stays on Force

SUN Staff Report 10/12/06     The city of Española has taken no action against a police detective who was indicted last month.     Mark Sanchez was indicted...

City Gives Old Orlie’s Site New Life

9/28/06     Orlie's may be resurrected under different ownership.     The city of Española Planning Commission removed one obstacle to reestablishing a convenience store that would...

City’s New PIO Fired from Last Job

9/21/06     The city of Española has hired an administrative services director, deputy planning director and deputy clerk/public information officer. Decimation     Lesah Sedillo, of Santa Fe,...

Man Charged with Murder, Assaulting Cops; Remains Free

9/21/06     An Española man who is set to be retried for killing a reputed gang member and who has also been charged with trying...

Two Charged with Murder after Skeleton Found

10/5/06     Two men were charged with murder Sept. 27 after an unidentified male skeleton was dug out a hole on a property on Camino...

County Commission Places Fire Tax on Ballot

9/21/06     The Rio Arriba County Commission has approved placing the retention of a one-quarter cent fire protection excise tax on the Nov. 7 election...

Search Team Finds Stranded Louisiana Bow Hunter

10/5/06     A Louisiana bow hunter stranded in Jose Canyon outside of Lindrith was located Sept. 28 moments before planes and helicopters were dispatched to...

Teen Facing Felony Charges Fired

SUN Staff Report 9/28/06     The city of Española fired Andrew Padilla, a minor  hired in August to work as a lifeguard at city swimming pools.    ...

Child Severely Burned by Oil

SUN Staff Report 10/12/06     A one-and-a-half-year-old male child was flown to the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital Tuesday night after he was severely burned...

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