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Senate Cabal Can’t Stop Conference Committee

3/19/09     The state Senate stunned open-government advocates March 19 around 11 p.m. when it voted overwhelmingly to make conference committees public.     Similar measures had...

Patrol Car Hit by Man Who Drank But Wasn’t Drunk

4/2/09     A Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department patrol car was likely totalled when it was struck March 21 in Chamita.            Deputy Philip Trujllo,...

Nursing Student Wins Scholarship

From a press release 4/9/09     An Ohkay Owingeh woman was one of three nursing students to have been awarded scholarships by the New Mexico Native...

Pojoaque Club To Host Competition

From a press release 3/19/09     The Pojoaque Boys and Girls Club will host the New Mexico Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year and...

Northern’s New Automotive Building Opens to Students

4/2/09     Fifty-four students this semester are test running Northern New Mexico College’s new Career Technical Education Building.     The 15,563-square-foot building opened in January along...

Nightfall Stifles Sundevil Run

4/9/09     The Española Valley Sundevils opened District 2AAAA play with a 17-14 loss to Capital April 1 after a Sundevil rally was cut short...

Academy Appeals License Revocation

4/9/09     The Española Military Academy has not taken no for an answer.     The Board filed appealed April 3 in state District Court of state...

Will Obama Be More Open Than Bush?

3/19/09     In January, President Barack Obama issued two memos pledging that the federal government would comply with the 1966 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).    ...

Scholarship Targets Volunteer Service

From a press release 4/9/09     Northern New Mexico Youth and Families Against Drugs is offering a $500 scholarship.     Applicants must be residents of northern New...

Woman Calls Immigration in Revenge on Ex-Boyfriend

 3/19/09    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Crazy Grandma Monday, March 2     •...

Rio Arriba 4-H Pics Champion Shooters

From a press release 4/9/09     The Rio Arriba County 4-H senior-age Shooting Sports Division held its county competition March 28 to qualify to compete at...

Two Brush Fires Almost Burn Homes

SUN Staff Report 4/9/09     Alcalde volunteer firefighters battled two brush fires April 3, narrowly saving several houses and structures while they were harassed by anxious...

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