Northern Briefs

County Could Take $100,000 Budget Hit

3/11/10     Rio Arriba County officials claim a typo is to blame for a dispute over a $100,000 state grant the County spent on a...

Three Drilling Permits Approved

3/11/10     Three more applications to drill for oil and gas on the old Tierra Amarilla Land Grant were approved by the Rio Arriba Planning...

Legislature Can’t Agree on Fix for Budget Shortfall

2/25/10     Less than 14 hours before the deadline last week to address the state’s budget crisis, the state Senate was debating a proposed Post...

Family Searches For Missing Man

From a press release 2/25/10     Steven M. Duran, 26, has gone missing, according to his family.     Duran was last seen Feb. 17 in the Chamita...

County Planner Accused of Theft

SUN Staff Report 2/25/10     A Rio Arriba County planner was arrested earlier this month for allegedly trying to steal five shirts from the Wal-Mart in...

President Finalists Questioned at Forums

2/25/10     Northern New Mexico College’s Board of Regents hosted all four presidential finalists Monday and Tuesday for interviews and public forums prior to selecting...

Cañones Center Receives $10,000 Grant

From a press release 3/11/10     HELP-New Mexico, Inc. has announced that 18 New Mexico non-profit agencies have been selected to receive a Bienvenidos Building Bridges...

Suspect Arrested in Santo Nino Murder

3/4/10     The suspect in the shooting of a Pojoaque man two months ago was arrested Feb. 26 during a raid on the house of...

Northern Gets Upset in Penn. Tourney

SUN Staff Report 3/11/10     Northern New Mexico College finished 1-2 at the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament in Uniontown, Penn.     The seventh-seeded Eagles lost...

Suit Filed over Attack

2/25/10     A family is suing the Española School District for a second time over a 2006 incident in which their 15-year-old daughter was allegedly...

Political Free-for-All Erupts Prior to Filing Day

3/11/10     Less than a week before candidates have to file for the June 1 primary, the races for two Rio Arriba County offices are...

Fire at Oil Well Squelched before Major Explosion

3/11/10     A fire Monday morning at an oil well east of Lybrook was contained with the flip of a switch, according to Lindrith Fire...

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