Northern Briefs

Trash Authority Hires $50,000 Auditor

12/3/09     In a last-minute rush to finish three years of overdue financial audits, the North Central Solid Waste Authority’s Board of Directors voted Nov....

Northern Swept By Division II Opponents

SUN Staff Report 11/26/09     The Northern New Mexico College Eagles lost to two National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II teams last weekned at the Adams...

Stabbing Victim Ends Up in Jail for Outstanding Warrant

SUN Staff Report 7/31/08     All in a single day, a Calle del Pajarito man was stabbed in the arm, had his television damaged and was...

Rio Arriba Notes

Grant Targets Minority Farmers in North From a press release     New Mexico State University has been awarded a $296,000 grant from the federal Agriculture Department...

Republican Judge Candidate Ends Run

7/31/08     The candidacy of the only Republican running for a Rio Arriba County office has come to an end.     Cecilia Martinez Salazar, of Española,...

Española Team Wows Phoenix

From a press release­ 7/31/08     A team of freshmen, sophomores and juniors from Española Valley High School traveled to Phoenix, Ariz. June 20-21 to participate...

Councilors Get Cold Feet Over Proposed Rate Increase

7/31/08     Española City Councilors appear to have sticker shock the more they ponder a proposed utility rate increase.     City councilors backed off of previous...

Chimayó Murder Suspect Was Accused of Battering Wife in May

7/31/08     The man charged with murdering Velarde volunteer firefighter Joshua St. Martin after a dispute over an ATV was accused of battering his wife...

School Board Slapped on Wrist for Violating Meetings Law

12/3/09     The state Attorney General’s Office has required the Española School Board to re-enact in public an “improper” and possibly illegal closed-door discussion it...

To Catch A Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout

Commentary by George Morse     The going was slow as I walked upstream along the banks of a small headwater stream, hoping to catch that...

City Searching for New Library Site without College

12/3/09     City of Española officials had discussed the idea of building one common library with Northern New Mexico College sporadically since May 2008, when...

DNA Mix-Up Leads to Plea Deal

7/31/08     A man charged with breaking into his ex-girlfriend's Guachupange house and raping her repeatedly under threat of death has been sentenced to time...

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