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‘Acequias Were the Roads’

6/25/09     Over 60 people from around the world attended Dixon’s second annual Celebrando las Acequias June 13 at Mission Embudo. The event educated neophytes...

McCoy Defeats Velarde in District 2

6/25/09     Challenger Deloris Gertrude McCoy defeated one-term incumbent Richard Velarde Monday for the Jemez Electric Cooperative’s District 2 (Cuba/Regina) Board of Trustees election.     “Gertrude...

Graffiti Prevention Meeting Set for 6/17

From a press release 6/18/09     Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano is scheduled to give a presentation on graffiti prevention Wednesday (6/17) at 6 p.m....

No Prison Time for Man Convicted of Stabbing

5/28/09     An Alcalde man who allegedly stabbed a Santa Fe man in the chest last year has avoided prison time by pleading guilty to...

Game Commission To Weigh Changes

From a press release 7/2/09     The State Game Commission will meet Thursday (7/2) at Heron Lake State Park to consider eliminating the deer hunting permit...

Council Fumes over Program’s Failure To Spend Money

5/28/09     Out of hundreds of items in the city of Española’s 200-plus page, $10.7 million budget for the 2010 fiscal year, one $66,500 item...

New Tests Confirm Toxic Mold Found in Housing Units

6/18/09     Two Rio Arriba County public housing residents have confirmed the existence of toxic mold in their housing unit through a lab analysis they...

Chama School Board VP To Resign

SUN Staff Report 6/25/09     Chama School Board Vice Chairman Ernest Vigil was scheduled to resign from the Board Wednesday (6/24), according to a board agenda...

Learning Center Sends off 12 Grads

From a press release 6/4/09     Melaki Montoya Jones graduated May 28 from the Family Learning Center with 11 classmates.     Jones is the son of Melissa...

ValueOptions Fights To Keep Behavioral Health Contract

6/18/09     The company hired by the Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative to manage the state’s $1 billion drug abuse and mental health services program is...

El Rito Elementary Awarded $25,000

From a press release 5/28/09     El Rito Elementary School received a $25,000 check May 21 as part of Windstream Communications’ Classroom Connections program.     El Rito...

Presents for First-Time Moms

6/4/09     The party had all the usual trappings of a baby shower — a group of women, cupcakes, a stack of tiny clothes and...

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