Northern Briefs

Montoya’s Seat Draws Crowded Field

7/30/09     Three Democratic candidates already have their eyes on Harry Montoya’s Santa Fe County Commission.     Montoya must relinquish the seat at the end of...

Drug Charge Tossed Over Cop’s Report

SUN Staff Report S"UN Staff Report     An Española Police officer’s failure to specify what type of mushrooms a suspect had in his possession has led...

1 a.m. Is Wrong Time To Go Job-Hunting

 7/30/09   Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Pill-Snorting Boyfriend Monday, July 13     • 8:32...

Rio Arriba County Officials Certified

From a press release 8/6/09     Two Rio Arriba County officials graduated with a certified public official designation June 5 at the New Mexico Association of...

Lab’s Burning Practices up for Debate

8/6/09     Española Valley environmentalists want the state to impose stricter rules on the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s hazardous waste burn permit.     “(We) do not...

Newcomers Start Green Energy Push

7/30/09     Tensions emerged between Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative’s newly-elected trustees and Co-op staff over green energy and power outages July 22 at the Board’s...

Trash Manager’s Contract Extended

8/13/09     The North Central Solid Waste Authority’s Board voted Tuesday to extend its manager’s contract two and a half months, and to delay until...

‘A Sordid Little Tale’

8/13/09     Suspended Española Animal Control officer Evaristo Lopez won’t be charged with rape of a minor for knowingly having sex with his 17-year-old girlfriend,...

Man Still in Hospital After Being Runover

SUN Staff Report 8/6/09     No criminal charges have been filed against a juvenile who ran over her boyfriend July 24 and didn’t call 911, according...

Husband’s Late-Night Arrival Sparks Morning Fight

8/6/09    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Mortuary Egged Monday, July 20     •...

Funds Sought for Six More Community Centers

8/13/09     Proposals to build several new community and teen centers in northern Santa Fe County were questioned by residents at a July 29 public...

Bealls Still Homeless

8/6/09     With the doors officially closed on Española’s main clothing store, officials from the Española Valley Chamber of Commerce, the city of Española, and...

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