Northern Briefs

Española To Extend Water Lines To Cuatro Villas

4/24/08     About 260 members of the Cuatro Villas Mutual Domestic Water Users Association could gain access to water from the city of Española as...

Española Lands Veteran Coach

4/17/08     A face familiar to football fans throughout Northern New Mexico is returning to the sidelines as head coach of the Española Valley Sundevils.    ...

State Police Investigate Bones

SUN Staff Report 4/17/08     State Police Criminal Agent Joe Schiel responded Tuesday to a report of bones lying near a baby's car seat between Coyote...

School Fight Sends Student to Hospital

SUN Staff Report 4/24/08     A fight at Abiquiú Elementary ended April 18  with one student rushed in an ambulance to Española Hospital and the other...

Anti-Drug March Draws Over 2,000

5/1/08     San Juan Elementary Fourth-grader Julissa Borrego was so enthusiastic about participating for the first time in the annual Youth Pilgrimage Against Drugs that...

Unidentified Driver Dies in Accident

SUN Staff Report 4/17/08     An unidentified driver was killed in a car accident on State Road 137 near Dulce Monday morning, according to a Jicarilla...

Trujillo Under Fire Again

5/22/08     A decision by the Española School Board to only partially approve a state-mandated overhaul of its maintenance plan could cost the school district...

Vote-Buyer Gets 18 Months For Part in ‘Retaliation’ Skirmish

5/22/08     Being convicted of false imprisonment instead of kidnapping made all the difference for Santa Cruz resident Michael Garcia — a 16-year difference in...

County Patrolling for Seat Belt Use

From a press release 5/22/08     The Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Department will be conducting seatbelt-enforcement patrols throughout the County May 18 to June 1.     Deputies...

District Sells Car for $25 Using Questionable Process

1/14/09     The Española School District ignored state law and may have missed out on thousands of dollars in revenue last June and July when...

Montoya Backs Lujan Jr. Despite Elk-Bill Bitterness

5/22/08     The political web of Northern New Mexico is a tangled weave indeed.     It begins with the race for Rio Arriba County Clerk.     The...

Crunch Time for County Spellers

1/14/09     Española Elementary School sixth-grader Evelyn Juarez is spending hours after school this week getting quizzed by her teacher, Lori Lopez, in preparation for...

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