Northern Briefs

Did Hit-And-Run Driver Drink at Tropi?

5/7/09     Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz was partying at Club Tropicana in Española the night she struck and killed a 31-year-old Chimayó man,...

State Auditor Rejected New Finance Director

5/14/09     Fewer than two months before Andrew J. Perkins applied to become the city of Española’s finance manager, the State Auditor’s Office had stripped...

District Keeps Election News Quiet

5/14/09     The Española School Board is asking voters to approve a property tax increase May 19, but has waited almost to the last minute...

Union Deal Done

5/14/09     All parties signed Monday the first ever collective bargaining agreement between the Española School District and its employee union officially ending 18 months...

SUN Seeks Photos of Local Graduates

From a press release 5/14/09     The Rio Grande SUN is seeking graduation photographs from Dulce, Española Valley, Escalante, Coronado, McCurdy, Mesa Vista and Pojoaque high...

Cruz Leads Trojans to District Title

5/7/09     With four first-place performances from senior Jaime Cruz Jr., the Mesa Vista Trojans came from behind May 2 to take first place at...

El Guique Native Graduates from Basic

From a press release 5/14/09     Chenee Pacheco, of El Guique, has graduated from Marine basic training at Parris Island, S.C.     Pacheco is a 2008 graduate...

Robots, Trebuchets, Challenge Students

5/7/09     A math and science competition last week matched some of Rio Arriba’s top math and science students against the state’s best.     The Española...

First Batch of Engineers To Graduate From Northern

5/14/09     Northern New Mexico College is set to award bachelor’s degrees to its first class of engineering students.     The eight students are set to...

County to Revive Alcalde/Velarde Sewer Plant Plans

5/7/09     Less than a decade after a failed attempt to design a regional wastewater system in the Española Valley, Los Alamos and Rio Arriba...

Pojoaque Freshman To Play for Team USA

SUN Staff Report 5/14/09     Pojoaque High School freshman Cara Salazar, of Española, will be suiting up early for this year’s volleyball season, but she won’t...

Meeting on Heritage Area Set for May 20

From a press release 5/14/09     The Northern Rio Grande National Heritage is holding a public meeting in Española to seek input on a management plan    ...

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