Northern Briefs

Injured Ranger Returns to Work

    Seven months after being shot in the leg during a patrol at Abiquiú Lake, Army Corps of Engineers Park Ranger Alfred Chavez has...

Highway Bids Come in Too High

    Bids for the next phase of the Highway 84/285 construction project have come in more than $2 million over an engineer’s estimate from...

Mayor Wants City To Leave Santa Fe County

    Española Mayor Joseph Maestas has frequently criticized Santa Fe County for ignoring its northern constituents in Española. But Maestas is now taking those...

Couple Killed in Crash

    An Alcalde couple traveling home from Peñasco Sunday was killed when their motorcycle veered off an embankment on State Road 75 east of...

District Decides To Follow Law, Puts Grant Out to Bid

    The Española School Board will bid out the administration of a lucrative federal grant rather than automatically hand it over to the non-profit...

Autopsy Report: Cocktail of Drugs Kills 2-Year-Old

    The mysterious death of a 2-year-old Velarde child has been ruled a homicide by medical investigators after they discovered cocaine, alcohol, caffeine and...

Velarde To Earn National Award

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     Velarde Elementary is weeks away from becoming one of only two New Mexico schools to receive a prestigious federal...

SUN Wants To Publish Readers’ Favorite Recipes

    The SUN wants to publish our readers favorite recipes.     One recipe will be printed the first Thursday of every month next to the...

Fire Burns 13 Acres along the Rio Chama

    A brush fire that began Sunday scorched 13 acres of bosque along the Rio Chama and adjacent fields between Tierra Azul and Medanales,...

New Fishing Season Starts April 1

    The 2009-2010 fishing season begins April 1.     Anglers will need to purchase a new fishing license for the new season when the 2008-2009...

1,007 Voters Purged from Rio Arriba List

    The Rio Arriba County Board of Registration purged 1,007 names from County voter registration rolls March 19 in Tierra Amarilla, County Clerk Moises...

Pojoaque Schools Warn of Advertising Scam

     Pojoaque School District officials are warning of a scam by a company calling itself “School Booster Company” and “Sports Media” that is soliciting...

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