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Major Road Work Set For Spring ’09 NMPA

    Engineering designs for the Industrial Park Road improvement project, which were supposed to be completed by mid-summer, have a new deadline: partial completion...

Forgotten Ordinance

    A fair housing ordinance, which protects residents from discriminatory housing practices, has been adopted by the city of Española to allow the city...

Some County Candidates Filed Scant Reports

    Four months after the primary, questions still remain about some Rio Arriba County candidates' campaign finance reports.     Unsuccessful County clerk candidate Lou Baker...

Fire Departments’ Poor Ratings Hurt Rio Arribans’ Pocketbooks

     Volunteer fire departments throughout Rio Arriba County are having to order new equipment and address other deficiencies the state Fire Marshal found during...

Highway 84/285 Work May Finally Start

    Construction work on the Highway 84/285 renovation project that will add frontage lanes and move street signals near the Dream Catcher Cinema intersection...

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS

    A Rio Arriba County grand jury issued indictments Sept. 18 for the following individuals:     • Eric Madison, 42, of Fairview, for two counts...

JEMEZ MOUNTAINS ELECTRICAL COOPERATIVE PAYMENT VOUCHERS

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative spent $794,011 in August. The following is a partial list of the expenditures.     • The Co-op spent $138...

Firefighter’s Home Lost To Blaze

    Monday was not a good day for two local firefigthers.     First an Española firefighter and her family lost their Medanales home to a...

For The Love of Art And Wine

    Despite the addition of wine tasting to the 23rd annual Española Valley Arts Festival, turnout was low at the Española Plaza. While some...

Santa Fe Picked To Fix Espanola’s Housing Mess

    The city of Española finally plans to hand over management of the Española Public Housing Authority after years of poor audits, violations of...

City Footed Bill To Fix Ohkay Company’s Leak

    The city of Española footed the bill to fix a water leak at the Phillips 66 gas station located on the Ohkay Owingeh...

Desperate Parents Try To Pull Academy Together

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     Frustrated by media accounts of low test scores, unlicensed teachers and dropping enrollment at the Española Military Academy and...

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