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Family Outraged over Plea Deal That May Allow Drunk Driver To Avoid Prison after Causing Crash

    Eight-year-old Regina Cata had been an honor student at San Juan Elementary whose favorite subject was math. Her life changed the night of...

Sewage Dumping Update

    The city of Española has not yet fixed a problem with the plant’s ultraviolet disinfection system.     The malfunction led the sewer plant to...

Using Sludge as Fertilizer May Pose Health Risks

    Sewage. Sludge. Recycled human waste. Biosolids.     It goes by many other names that cannot be printed in this newspaper, and Española residents produce...

Is Obama Group a Rising Force in Rio Arriba Politics?

    Barack Obama didn’t win Rio Arriba County in the Democratic Caucus last year, not by a long shot, but his presidential campaign did...

Graffiti Taggers Get Off Easy

    Española Police and the city’s graffiti officer said they are making headway in identifying repeat graffiti offenders, but lenient sentencing in the juvenile...

Special Report: Mexican Journalists Fear for Their Lives

SUN Staff Writer Jose de Wit attended the following press conference during a reporting conference he attended last month in El Paso.     Government officials...

Enhanced 911 Useless to Rio Arriba Ambulances Which Lack GPS

    In Rio Arriba County, garbage trucks are equipped with global positioning satellites (GPS) but ambulances are not.     That renders the Rio Arriba County/Española...

City Hall Turmoil

    Española City Hall is once again in turmoil.     The city lost its planning director, lobbyist and projects manager in one swoop March 11...

Semi-Truck Explodes near Ojo Caliente

    A semi-trailer truck transporting 50 bales of hay burned on Highway 285 north of Ojo Caliente for approximately an hour March 11 before...

Rio Arriba’s Run-Off Forecast Looks Better Than Most of the State

    The March water supply forecast for New Mexico shows Rio Arriba County is doing better than many other parts of the when it...

Police Blotter: Woman Calls Immigration in Revenge on Ex-Boyfriend

    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Crazy Grandma Monday, March 2     •...

Proposed Salary Cuts No Laughing Matter to Public Employees

    State legislators are slashing programs left and right in a desperate attempt to balance the budget, and now they’ve hit a nerve. Under...

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