Northern Briefs

How to Pick Ripe Flavorful Chile

    Nothing signals the arrival of harvest season like the aroma of roasting chile wafting in the air throughout New Mexico. And for those...

Water Rights To Be Leased To Cuatro Villas

    The city of Española is prepared to spend $70,412.62 to purchase water rights from the Santa Cruz Irrigation District and Los Vigiles Ditch.    ...

Counter Play Proves Handy in Sundevil Win

    The Española Valley football team gave Bill Moon his first victory as coach of the Sundevils with a 14-8 win over Cuba Sept....

Two Finalist for City Manager Slot

    The city of Española’s three-month long search for a new city manager has been narrowed down to two official candidates.     Española Mayor Joseph...

Pojoaque Bond Passes By 20 Votes

SUN Staff Report      A $6 million bond measure passed by only 20 votes Tuesday in the Pojoaque School District.     The bond measure passed with...

Cops Trick Teen, Suit Claims

    The city of Española is involved in a lawsuit that claims an Española police officer, stationed at Española Valley High School, had a...

Obama Preaches to the Choir in Northern New Mexico

    Despite Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) defeat at the hands of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in Rio Arriba County during this year’s presidential caucus,...

Jury Awards $8.5 million To Father Of Crash Victim

    In November 2006, when New Mexico State University freshman Sammy Gurule flipped his 1993 Ford Ranger on Interstate-25 near Hatch, the roof of...

Ag Students Take on Mesa Vista Board

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     The Mesa Vista School Board took the heat for administrators’ decision to cut agricultural classes from Mesa Vista High...

Drink Up; Its State Fair Time

    The State Fair in Albuquerque beckoned Rio Arriba youths to try their livestock on a larger stage.     “It’s a big difference,” said Michelle...

School Board Awards Controversial Grant

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     The Española School Board selected Hands Across Cultures over a second bidder to administer a three-year, nearly $1 million...

Defense Lawyers Want Fierro Trial Held in Rio Arriba

    Lawyers for the politically connected Santa Fe attorney accused of killing a San Ildefenso Pueblo man in a drunk driving accident Nov. 26,...

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