Northern Briefs

Supers Cost-Cutting Plan Ends Up Costing District Extra $12,473

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     A controversial restructuring plan that Española School District Superintendent David Cockerham announced in April officially died Oct. 1 when...

OTHER SUBDIVISIONS IN THE WORKS

    The following large subdivisions have prompted the Rio Arriba County Commission to discuss placing a moratorium on subdivisions while County ordinances are tweaked....

Unit 51’s Expansion Approved By State

    The state Game and Fish Commission approved a controversial boundary change among three big-game hunting units in Rio Arriba County Oct. 2 after...

Sundevil Booster Alleges Lesbianism At Sports Events

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     A father and son team of disgruntled Española School District athletics boosters has launched a range of complaints against...

Fraud Probe Target Allegedly Forged Doctor’s Letter

    The Española woman who allegedly misrepresented her daughter as a cancer patient in order to collect charitable donations appears to have forged a...

Chimayó Man Hangs Himself in Taos Jail

    A Chimayó man hanged himself April 7 while incarcerated at the Taos County Jail, according to the County Sheriff’s Department.     County Undersheriff Ed...

Drilling Moratorium Can’t Stop Forest Services

    In the midst of Rio Arriba County’s fight against gas and oil development in environmentally sensitive areas in the County, the National Forest...

HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT

    As of Tuesday, with just one week left to register new voters in time for the presidential election, Rio Arriba County had about...

MEETING BEFORE THE MEETING

    If the Española Military Academy’s Governing Board had little to say when it made an about-face decision to renew its charter with the...

FEDERAL BAILOUT EXPLAINER

    The federal government’s bailout plan ballooned quickly last week — in words, not in dollars. The White House’s initial proposal was a mere...

Que Paso En 1958

    Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative was approved for a $788,000 loan, allowing the Co-op to add 117 miles of distribution lines and pick up...

Time To Prepare For County Spelling Bee

SUN Staff Report     The Rio Grande SUN will host the 2009 Rio Arriba County Spelling Bee.     This will be the fourth consecutive year the...

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