Northern Briefs

City Delays Put Contaminated Well Users At-Risk

8/27/09     Sara Gallegos should not be drinking her water.     The water that runs from the tap in her Calle Gallegos home has elevated nitrate...

Chimayó Man Injured in Car Wreck

SUN Staff Report 8/20/09     A Chimayó man is in critical condition after driving into a Chimayó apple orchard and rolling his car, according to State...

Defendant Flees to Washington After Plea Deal Rejected

8/20/09     An Española man who was scheduled to stand trial this month for allegedly pistol-whipping a Big Rock Casino security guard is on the...

Suboxone Touted as ‘Miracle’ Drug Treatment

8/20/09     With a rough-hewn pine angel and a tin-framed Jesus staring down from his office wall, El Centro Family Health social worker Edward Dunaway...

County Spends over $2 Million on New Fire Stations

8/20/09     Rio Arriba County has opened four new fire stations between April and July but not without delays, cost-overruns and other problems.     All four...

Highway Work

SUN Staff Report 8/27/09     A $68 million state Highway Department project underway includes renovations to Highway 84/285 between Pojoaque and Española that include re-paving and...

Bureaucracy Infuriates Frosh

8/27/09     The first week of the fall semester at Northern New Mexico College started off as a bureaucratic nightmare for many students due to...

Deep, Cool Pools in Rio Frijoles

8/20/09     The Rio Frijoles is one of those special Northern New Mexico mountain streams ready to reward the angler who is willing to hike.    ...

Alcalde Brothers Stabbed in Fight

SUN Staff Report 8/27/09     An Alcalde man who previously pleaded guilty to stabbing a man outside Red’s Tavern was stabbed Aug. 22 near the Giant...

Beargate: Officer Faces Termination

8/27/09     As of Tuesday, soon to be ex-Española animal control officer Evaristo Lopez isn’t facing any charges for allegedly pushing his 17-year-old girlfriend July...

Angry Customer Tosses Pizza

    8/20/09 Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Man Relieves Himself in Yard Monday, Aug....

City Looks into Cause of Increasing Number of Water Leaks

8/27/09     Chile’s restaurant and a scattering of residents in the Fairview area were without water for six to nine hours on Sunday in the...

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