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Blaker Confesses To Nambe Murder

8/27/09     A former Ojo Caliente resident awaiting trial in Santa Fe County Jail for prostitution and drug trafficking charges has claimed responsibility for murdering...

Unlikely Alliance Forces Feds To Open Environmental Studies for Comment

8/27/09     A proposal to overhaul on- and off-road travel on the Carson National Forest will be up for more public comment now that the...

Opposition to Proposed Subdivision Mounts

8/27/09     Chamita residents are circulating a petition opposing a proposed subdivision scheduled for a hearing Thursday (8/27) in Tierra Amarilla before the Rio Arriba...

Police Hold Special Ops for Labor Day

From a press release     State Police plans to increase traffic enforcement operations in August and September.     Scheduled operations include sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and...

Water Leak Tie Up Three City Departments

8/20/09     Breaks in Española’s aging water lines have kept three city departments busy the last two weeks.     Monday night a portion of the water...

Seizure Causes Man To Crash Car

SUN Staff Report 8/27/09     A man sustained serious injuries Monday evening after a seizure caused him to drive his car off Highway 285 north of...

Birth Announcements July 09

 8/27/09   Births recorded recently at the Española Hospital included:     CHAVEZ—Son, Susan and Andrew Chavez, Española, July 3.     COX—Daughter, Cassy and Brian Cox, Española, July...

Fire Marshal’s Absence Creates Void at County

8/20/09     Rio Arriba County Fire Marshal Jerome Sanchez has been out of the office two weeks, but County officials can’t agree on who is...

Dialysis Center Breaks Ground at New Subdivision

8/20/09     A ground-breaking ceremony Aug. 5 on Calle de la Merced for the new Fresenius Medical Care Center’s dialysis program was the first tangible...

Highest Overdose Death Rate In State

8/20/09     Rio Arriba County recorded the highest per capita drug overdose death rate in the state from 2006 to 2008, according to data released...

City Denied Millions in Stimulus Funds

8/20/09     While some of the factors that determine federal stimulus funding awards can be confusing, Española officials learned the hard way that some are...

School’s Water Shut Off Due to High Uranium Levels

8/20/09     Sombrillo Elementary students have spent the first week of school with no drinkable water due to excessive uranium in the school’s primary drinking...

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