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Group Protests Liquor License Transfer

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2/19/09     Citing an oversaturation of liquor outlets in Española, a community group is trying to stop the gas station in front of Wal-Mart from...

Committee Stymies School Boards’ Power Grab

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3/12/09     School board members will probably not gain expanded powers to hire and fire district administrators after a controversial bill was tabled March 4...

Norteños in Uniform

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From a press release 2/26/09     Army Pvt. Arthur B. Blanco has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. ...

Parent’s Years’-Long Fight With District Leads to Lawsuit

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2/19/09     The federal lawsuit Denise Quintana filed Feb. 4 against the Española School District was only the most recent step in a fight to...

Police Investigate Rape at Local Lake

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SUN Staff Report 3/5/09     State Police are looking for a man who allegedly raped a woman at Santa Cruz Lake after picking her up at...

Empty Gas Tank Foils Auto Thief

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3/12/09     Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department and State Police responded to the following calls: Meet Me at the...

El Rito Resident Must Be On Board, Group Claims

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1/29/09     The tenure of at least one of two recently-appointed members to Northern New Mexico College’s Board of Regents may be short-lived if an...

Appeals Judge Finalist For City Attorney Spot

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SUN Staff Report 2/5/09     The city of Española has narrowed its city-attorney search to six finalists.     A selection committee comprised of Mayor Joseph Maestas, Acting...

Old Fire Chief’s Supporters Stay Away for Election

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1/22/09     Reformists arrived at the Abiquiú Fire Department’s old fire station Jan. 14 ready for an election fight that didn’t materialize — and saw...

Area Religious Groups Help Defeat Civil-Union Bill

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2/12/09     State Sen. Richard Martinez (D-Española) said he received hordes of grateful phone calls after casting a key vote against a bill that would...

Vigil’s Clutch Free Throw Saves McCurdy

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1/22/09     Although her team had squandered a 15-point lead in the second half, McCurdy senior Kaitlin Vigil stood at the free-throw line with six...

Ojo Caliente Native Graduated With Honors

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SUN Staff Report 2/19/09     Mark A. Rodarte, 23, graduated with honors from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces Dec. 13.     He earned a bachelor’s...
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