Northern Briefs

Pojoaque High Grad Shows Off Research

From a press release 5/7/09     Jose Castellano, a junior at New Mexico State University and graduate of Pojoaque High School, displayed his research April 17...

Rio Arriba Firefighters Are Unprepared for Wildfire

4/30/09     If a major wildfire breaks out this spring on private land in Rio Arriba County, don’t expect a local fire department to extinguish...

Tsay Corp. Lands $150 Million Contract

SUN Staff Report 4/30/09     Tsay Corporation, Okhay Owingeh Pueblo’s business arm, has landed its biggest contract yet, for $150 million over nine years, with the...

San Juan Airport Turns Down Federal Grant

4/30/09     Okhay Owingeh’s Tsay Corporation is passing up $150,000 in federal funding for its airport this year because it is still spending almost $200,000...

7% Utility Rate Hike Proposed

4/30/09     City of Española officials have once against resumed discussions on a long-delayed hike in utility rates.     The City Council has been contemplating rate...

Ambulances Can’t Respond to Three More Calls

SUN Staff Report 5/7/09     Española Hospital paramedics were unable to respond to three emergency calls and one non-emergency hospital-to-hospital patient transfer between April 23 and...

Three Rip Arribans Earn Scholarships

From a press release 4/30/09     Three Rio Arriba County students have been awarded scholarships from the Cerro Pedernal Heritage Association.     • Michael Schmitz, of Llaves,...

Birth Announcements

    4/30/09 Births recorded recently at the Española Hospital included:     BAKER/LOPEZ—Daughter, Chantry Baker and Tamara Lopez, Española, March 2.     MAESTAS—Daughter, Diane and Joel Maestas, Española,...

EV Soccer Coach Calls it Quits

4/30/09     After four frustrating seasons trying to build a boys soccer program at Española Valley High School, coach Adam Drew is done.     “I decided...

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...

Debt Plan to Assist Residents without Utilities

4/30/09     At least 227 households on almost 100 streets within Española city limits lack access to water and sewer lines.     How many of them...

MV Leaps Over Rivals in Field Events

4/30/09     The Mesa Vista Trojans used state-qualifying performances to dominate the field events at the Northern Rio Grande Invitational April 25, establishing an early...

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