Northern Briefs

Chama Seniors Launch Variety Show

From a press release 5/14/09     The Chama Community Center is seeking dancers, singers, musicians, storytellers, historians, comedians or anyone with a hidden talent for the...

Two Arrested in Stabbing

5/7/09     A former city of Española employee was beaten and stabbed April 18 during an altercation at a Calle Vigil home, according to Española...

County Commission Chairman To Run for Co-op Board

5/7/09     Rio Arriba County Commission Chairman Elias Coriz intends to declare his candidacy for the upcoming Jemez Mountains Electrical Cooperative Board of Trustees elections.    ...

Conservation Vs. Wilderness

SUN Staff Report 5/14/09     Under a new bill pending in Washington, D.C., a large swath of public land straddling Rio Arriba and Taos counties would...

Swine Flu Scare Disrupts State Tourneys

5/7/09     The New Mexico Activities Association suspended all extracurricular sports and activities programs at all member schools Sunday in response to several school closings...

Staged Drunk-Driving Accident Educates Students

5/14/09     Mesa Vista High School senior Isaiah Martinez was arrested for drunk driving May 8 at 10 a.m. in the high school parking lot...

School Union Overwhelming Approves Contracts

5/7/09     The end of the Española School District’s 17-month-long collective bargaining negotiations may not immediately translate into higher wages for employees, but a festive...

Blocks Plead Not Guilty

5/14/09     Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. and his father, Jerome Block Sr., have each pleaded not guilty to the array of criminal election-finance...

Take off the Masks, Wash Your Hands If You Want To Avoid Swine Flu

5/7/09     New Mexico has three confirmed cases of H1N1 “swine” flu, and the three people who caught it have already recovered, according to a...

Lybrook Closure Delayed Despite Law

5/7/09     The Rio Arriba County Commission has voted for the second time to postpone closing the Lybrook Volunteer Fire Department.     Commissioners had delayed the...

Burgular Pretends To Be Cop

5/7/09     A Chimayó man pretending to be an undercover police officer allegedly burglarized two trailers and made off with $6,000 cash, according to court...

Politicos Jump at Gov.’s Offer To ‘Do Something Big’

5/7/09     Student dormitories. An Española Railrunner stop. A really, really big recreation center.     Española politicians and bureaucrats shifted giddily in their seats and rattled...

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