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,...

Free Immunizations Offered at Clinic

From a press release 4/23/09     The Rio Arriba Public Health office plans to hold an immunization clinic April 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.     ...

Group Learns Cost of Protesting

4/23/09     A tax day protest at the Plaza de Española’s gazebo was cut short over a dispute with city officials over a $10 permit.    ...

County Abandons ‘Fracking’ Regs

4/23/09     Rio Arriba County has abandoned earlier plans to regulate the injection of toxic “fracking” chemicals into natural gas wells, County Manager Lorenzo Valdez...

PRC Finally Responds to Ambulance Delays

4/23/09     Española Hospital paramedics were unable to respond April 16 to an emergency call in Velarde and another in Española, according to a Hospital...

Touching Teacher Loses Appeal

4/23/09     A state District Court judge has upheld the state Education Department’s decision to revoke the license of a former Española Elementary first-grade teacher...

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