Northern Briefs

Sikh Spiritual Week Draws Hundreds to Española

6/25/09     Summer showers failed to dampen the spirits of more than 1,000 people who gathered in the mountains west of Española June 20 for...

Española Relay Raises $8,800 for Fight Against Cancer

6/18/09     The football field at Española Valley High School resembled a campground June 13 as teams pitched tents, set out food and drinks and...

Lane Closures Planned as Highway Work Starts in Española

5/21/09     Drivers coming in and out of Española can prepare themselves for at least a year of dodging orange barrels and squeezing by closed...

Judge Denies Motion to Move Fierro Case to Rio Arriba

5/21/09     The trial of Santa Fe attorney Carlos Fierro will not be moved to Rio Arriba County after a state District Court judge denied...

Late Audits Could Cost District $1.3 Million

6/4/09     As the Española School District scrambles to complete two years of overdue audits by June 11, it’s blaming Los Cariños Charter School and...

Hard Work Pays Off for 220 Northern Graduates

5/21/09     Just minutes before the commencement of Northern New Mexico College’ May 16 graduation, La Puebla native Jackie Gonzales sat in the bleachers of...

Nominations Sought For Nursing Awards

From a press release 6/18/09     The New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence is accepting nominations for the 2009 New Mexico Nursing Excellence Awards.       The program...

Club Member Receives Citizenship Nod

From a press release 6/4/09     Kiara Martinez, 5, received a principal’s citizenship award for the fourth quarter at Pojoaque Elementary. Martinez is the daughter of...

Probation for Shooter

5/28/09     An Española man who allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in the leg in 2007 received probation after pleading no contest to one...

Dixon Student Heads to Capital

From a press release 6/4/09     Kennidy Ortiz, a student at Dixon Elementary, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum.     Ortiz will...

Traffic Campaign Heavy on Marketing, Skimpy on Cops

6/11/09     Thanks to limited manpower and lopsided funding, summer drivers may encounter TV star Erik Estrada’s face more than those of actual New Mexico...

Suspects Find Arrest Hard to Swallow

7/2/09     One of three alleged drug-dealers taken down June 16 by State Police criminal agents hid heroin in her underwear and also tried to...

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