Northern Briefs

Unlikely Candidate Emerges for City’s Top Post

    The city of Española might not have needed to spend $10,000 in a search for its next city manager after all.     A majority...

Contractor Bails on Housing

    Nearly three months after deciding to search for outside management to clean up the Española Public Housing Authority, city administrators are no closer...

Lack of Business Interest Turns Industrial Park into Government Center

    A majority of the land that now forms Industrial Park Road was donated to the city of Española by the Bartolome Sanchez Land...

Long-Delayed School health Clinic Opens Doors

    It took two years to plan and build, but the Española middle school finally has a new building for its health clinic.     The...

Energy Companies Challenge New Drilling Rules

    The state Oil Conservation Commission is facing two legal challenges to its newly adopted pit rule from oil and gas producers both large...

Rape Suspect Claimed Abuse as a Teenager

    An Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo man is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday (8/7) in state District Court in Tierra Amarilla to face the charge...

Former Director Drops Lawsuit Against City

    The wrongful termination suit filed six months ago by former Española personnel director Ken Kollecker against the city was dismissed Aug. 6 by...

Espanola Schools Fail

    All but three Española School District schools failed to meet state standards under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to standardized...

State Offers Funds For El Rito School

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     After at least a year of delays, the Mesa Vista School District has finally received the thumbs up —...

Kids in the Spotlight

    Visitors to the Rio Arriba County 4-H Fair last week were treated to the sights of goats in costume, water balloon fights, smiling...

BLM’s Solar Energy Moratorium Ended

From a press release     The Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn its blanket moratorium on solar energy development on Western public lands.     On May...

L.A. Hospital Opens Endoscopy Center

From a press release     Los Alamos Medical Center has purchased the assets of The Endoscopy Center of Los Alamos, LLC, effective Aug. 4, when...

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