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County Garners State Funding to Repair Abiquiú Acequias

8/6/09     Rio Arriba County commissioners have declared an emergency in order to secure $20,000 in state money to repairs roads and acequias in Abiquiú...

Comment Allowed on Deer Hunting Rules

From a press release 8/6/09     The state Game and Fish Department is soliciting public comments about proposals to change the way hunters apply for deer...

Health Agencies Slowly Filling near Vacant Facility

8/13/09     Three months after the state approved occupancy at a multi-agency health building six years in the works, only one tenant has moved in...

Dancers Flock to Pow-Wow

7/23/09     Feathers shook, shawls waved and bells jangled under the glaring July sun and around a circular dirt court where dancers from tribes throughout...

Española Valley Farmers Boast Solid Early Harvest

8/6/09     A wet winter and spring have helped many Rio Arriba County farmers this year.     After a ground-soaking cloudburst July 26 drenched his Española...

Rio Arriba Sheriff’s Secretary Resigns

SUN Staff Report 8/13/09     The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s secretary under investigation for fraud resigned July 31, according to County Manager Lorenzo Valdez.     “It was...

Pair Accused of Drugging, Raping Married Woman

7/30/09     An Española teenager and Los Alamos man have been accused of drugging and raping a married Los Alamos woman June 19 while her...

Former Dispatcher Wanted in Calif.

8/13/09     A former State Police 911 dispatcher is wanted by police in California for fraudulently wearing a police badge and two other misdemeanors, according...

Seniors Shine at Olympic Games

SUN Staff Report 7/23/09     Athletes representing Rio Arriba County at the Senior Olympics state games in May came back with 103 medals and 29 ribbons....

Runners, Show Heart, Soul

7/16/09     Cosmay Koezh, of Kenya, planned to leave New Mexico Wednesday (7/15) to return to his homeland, and he wanted to run one more...

Holy Brewery Gets Green Light

7/16/09     A group of Benedictine monks received preliminary authorization last week to brew experimental beers and ciders along the Rio Chama.     The Rio Arriba...

Breakup Has Man Talking to Himself

    7/16/09 Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Punch To Be Avenged Monday, June 29    ...

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