Northern Briefs

Softball Coach Will Be Missed

Commentary by George Morse 6/26/08    One coach that I am sorry sorry to see go resigned recently. McCurdy School softball coach Danny Vigil, who built the...

Trojan Coach Rethinks Late-Game Approach

6/26/08     Basketball is the sport that fuels the fire in  conversations in the small communities of Northern New Mexico. Nowhere does it burn hotter...

Shooting Victim Guilty of Sex Crime

6/26/08     A prosecutor offered a plea deal last week to a rape suspect in part because of the tarnished reputation of the detective who...

$25,000 Grant Given To Boys/Girls Clubs

From a press release 6/26/08     The Boys and Girls Clubs del Norte has received a $25,000 Daniels Fund grant to support its fund-raising efforts.     The...

Man Beaten Once, Stunned with Taser Twice

6/26/08     An Española man's Saturday night went from bad to worse when he was arrested on an outstanding warrant June 21 and stunned twice...

Successful Reading Program Faces Funding Cut

6/26/08     The Española School District has given a popular reading program another year of life despite a 60 percent cut in federal funding. However,...

College Hires Women’s Hoops Coach

SUN Staff Writer     Todd Huffman has been named the first women's basketball coach at Northern New Mexico  College.     Huffman had initially been chosen as...

District Dirt Makes Its Way to District Employee’s Land

6/26/08     Out of 55 truckloads of dirt that were removed from a construction project at Española Valley High School in late April, only 23...

Elk Hunting Licenses To Be Cut Under Proposals

6/26/08     Potential changes to two big-game hunting units in Rio Arriba County could eventually cut down on elk hunting opportunities in the County.     The...

Arroyo Seco Native Graduates from UNM

From a press release 6/26/08     David Chavez, of Arroyo Seco, received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Criminology from the University...

Lindrith

   6/26/08 Only one paved road leads to the small community of Lindrith, home to about 200 residents. State Road 595 dead-ends near the boundary...

Relay for Life Set for T.A.

SUN Staff Report 6/26/08     Tierra Amarilla will host a Relay for Life event this weekend that will honor cancer survivors and raise money for the...

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