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‘Officer Down, Officer Down!’

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    It was the most urgent radio transmission a dispatcher can ever hear.     “Officer down, officer down!”     Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Lt. Manuel Valdez...

SUN Prevails Against ‘Frivolous’ Suits

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    Judge Timothy Garcia dismissed four lawsuits Monday filed by a former SUN employee in state District Court in Tierra Amarilla against the SUN...

Fraud Alleged In Leukemia Fund Drive

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    Criminal charges are forthcoming against an Española woman accused of falsely claiming her 7-year-old daughter has leukemia in order to collect charitable donations,...

Pirate Plunder Espanola At Home

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    In a battle between two rebuilding football programs, Grants High School showed they’ve made the most progress.     The Pirates pounded the Española Valley...

Driller Investigated For Worker’s Deaths

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    A subcontractor that a Texas-based oil and gas company plans to use to drill in Rio Arriba County was investigated for the deaths...

Easy Wins Leave Pojoaque Hungry

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    The Pojoaque Elkettes hadn’t played a game in 12 days and despite their seemingly easy win over the Taos Tigers Sept. 11 at...

Lybrook Schools Raise Money for Cancer

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    Lybrook Elementary and Middle School will participate in “Hats On Day” Sept. 26, a national fund-raising event that supports the families of pediatric...

Colleges Try To Sign County’s Brightest

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Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     McCurdy School was the place to be Sept. 19 for Northern New Mexico’s college-bound students.     The school’s gym that...

Will North Support Udall ?

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    Conspicuously absent from Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) presidential campaign rally in Española was senate candidate Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM), who chose to skip...

Rio Arriba Economic statshot

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Employment, July 2008: • Rio Arriba County number of employed: 19,870 • Rio Arriba County number of unemployed: 1,142 • County unemployment rate: 5.4 percent • State unemployment...

Gas Leak Forces Mesa Vista Closure

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    Mesa Vista School District shut down its three schools located at its Ojo Caliente campus Sept. 12 because of a gas leak.     Administrators...

Errors Costly In Sundevil Loss

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    For at least one game of their 3-0 loss to the Pojoaque Elkettes Sept. 16, the Española Valley Sundevils showed they were capable...
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