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Red Light Camera Idea Catches Espanola’s Attention

    The city of Española is mulling whether to follow Albuquerque’s lead and install cameras to monitor whether drivers run red lights.     “If you...

Ways To Keep Contact with Outside World in an Emergency

Dear Science: A storm recently knocked out electrical power and phone service for two days in the rural region where I live. My TV...

Valdez Dispute Unsettled

     Interim City Manager Veronica Albin has started the process of negotiating what the city will pay its long-time financial advisor Leo Valdez for...

United Way Offers Non-Profits Grant

From a press release     United Way of Northern New Mexico is accepting applications for its 2008 grant program, from non-profit organizations that seek to...

Co-op Head Suspended Over Secretary

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative’s executive committee decided to suspend General Manager Jerry Mascareñas for three days last month because his secretary spent...

Governor Targets Money to Hwy.64

From a press release     Gov. Bill Richardson has proposed a special-session legislative package that calls for $200 million in new money to improve several...

Lady Devils Travel To N.C.

    Española Valley girls basketball coach Ron Drake had taken teams from Immaculatta High School in New Jersey, where he started his coaching career,...

District Honors Successful Teachers

    Standardized test resutls this year for the Española School District were bittersweet.     On one hand, four out of every five District schools failed...

Espanola Woman Stabbed

    An Española woman was stabbed repeatedly in the torso July 28 by a female suspect identified only as “Nana,” according to a police...

Velarde Delayed Again

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     A state agency has once more passed over the Española School District for $3.7 million in construction funding for...

Wildfire Contained On Clara Peak

    Smoke visible from a wildfire near Española had people as far away as the 4-H Rio Arriba County Fair in Abiquiú wondering what...

Rio Grande SUN Fun Run Results

5-kilometer run First Overall Male Michael Bo Martinez 18, 18:31 First Overall Female Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen, 24, 20:08 Male 18 and Under 1. Michael Bo Martinez 18:31 2. Dominic Martinez 18:39 3. Austin...

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