Northern Briefs

Sundevil Volleyball Team Has Big Shoes To Fill

    Española Valley High School junior Monica Naranjo has already realized one of the goals she set for herself in high-school athletics.     “One of...

State XC Champ Back for More

    Pojoaque High School junior Sophia Torres is just 4 feet, 10 inches tall, but there’s nothing small about her.     “She’s a real giant,”...

Ainsworth to Elkettes: Step Up

    For the last three years, Pojoaque High School volleyball has been in the upper echelon of Class AAA.     The Elkettes won a state...

Time To Comment Is Now

    If you use specific roads, trails or areas within the Santa Fe National Forest for recreation, ATV or motorcycle riding, camping, access to...

Jemez Cooperative Gives Scholarships

    Seven students from area schools have received scholarships from Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative.     The Co-op awarded the following students $1,000 scholarships for the...

Elk Complaints Pit Legislators Against State

    The state Game and Fish Department was on the hot seat Aug. 14 in El Rito, as unhappy ranchers and state representatives admonished...

Seminar Focuses on Climate Change

    The Forest Guild will hold a forestry and climate-change workshop Nov. 20 from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Albuquerque Grand Hotel.    ...

Man Runs Into Cousin Over Unpaid Debt

    A man who damaged a woman’s car while attempting to commit suicide was among the felony arrests State Police made between Aug. 18...

Planner Leaves Before Commons Complete

    The driving force behind the Rio Arriba County Health Commons project has resigned from his job at El Centro Family Health.     Dan Burke,...

To Keep Adobe Alive, Look at Water Patterns

Dear Anselmo: I have an old adobe home, over a hundred years old. What would you recommend as the first steps in restoration?     Restoration...

Shelter Seeks Animal Lovers

    The deadline to submit a Northern Brief is Monday at noon, the week of publication. Any submissions after that day will not run...

Elks May Be Outmanned, Outgunned

    After Pojoaque High School’s tumultuous 2007 football season, during which 18 players quit the team and called for the removal of then-head coach...

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