Northern Briefs

Chama Schools Go to 4-Day Schedule

8/6/09     Chama School District students will enjoy three-day weekends for most of the 2009-10 school year at the expense of longer hours in the...

Village Hotels Full; Ready for Chama Days

SUN Staff Report 8/6/09     Despite the bad economy, the annual Chama Days celebration is shaping up to be as busy as ever, Village Councilor Billy...

Truchas Painter To Judge at Fair

From a press release 8/6/09     Northern New Mexico adjunct professor Richard Guzman has been selected as a judge for the plein air painting competition Sept....

State Withholds Water Funds

7/30/09     Nearly $25,000 in state funds to clean Española’s Well 1 is being held up because city employees were not properly trained to operate...

Youths Build Low-Rider Bikes during Welding Lesson

7/30/09     Española Valley youths got a lesson in custom bicycle-making last week.     Starting from a basic Schwinn cruiser bicycle, eight Española youths helped create...

County Hands Out Raises To Finance Employees

7/30/09     Despite a stated freeze on Rio Arriba County raises caused by plummeting oil and gas revenues, seven Finance Department employees received salary increases...

Monks Get Brew Go-Ahead

8/6/09     Rio Arriba County Commissioners voted July 30 to approve a zoning change that will allow a group of Benedictine monks to open an...

Wildfires Squelched Near Dulce

SUN Staff Report 7/30/09     Two wildfires near Dulce were extinguished July 22 with the help of downpours, federal Bureau of Indian Affairs Fire Management Officer...

Plunging Oil, Gas Revenues Scare County Officials

8/13/09     Rio Arriba County could face a budget crisis and halt construction on some new buildings if its oil and gas revenues continue to...

New Coach Hopes To Replicate Former Glory

8/13/09     Franci Ortega will be returning to the town that supplied some of her best volleyball memories.     Ortega has been named the new volleyball...

Nominations Sought For Child Advocacy Awards

From a press release 8/13/09     New Mexico Voices for Children is seeking nominations for three child advocacy awards it will present at its Spirit of...

Cash for Clunkers Is Motoring Along in Española

SUN Staff Report 8/13/09     Based on the response Española’s Henry Valencia Motor Company has gotten to the federal government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program, general manager...

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