Northern Briefs

Boy Scouts Name New Area Director

From a press release 2/7/08     Paul Rhien has been hired as the new district executive for Boy Scouts of America's Northern New Mexico District.     The...

Board Member Shot Down after Sticking up for Superintendent

2/14/08     A plan to reorganize the Española School District's secondary schools is still a sore issue, despite having been unanimously approved by the Española...

Dirty Job Awaits Gala Volunteers

2/7/08     Washing dishes is not the most glamorous job someone would volunteer for but about a dozen McCurdy sophomores will be hard at it...

Cop Caught without Valid License

2/7/08     A State Police officer has been restricted to desk duties after being pulled over for allegedly driving 28 miles over the speed limit...

Man Caught with Cocaine

SUN Staff Report 2/14/08      A 50-year-old man was arrested Jan. 31 in Ohkay Casino's parking lot with a baggy full of cocaine, court documents state.    ...

‘Head’ Shop Supervisor Files For City Council

1/24/08     An unexpected latecomer to the Española City Council election has sent Councilor Helen Kain-Salazar's hopes of running unopposed up in smoke.     Jason Salazar,...

Pueblo Man Stabbed in Española

1/24/08     An investigation into the Jan. 17 stabbing of a Santa Clara Pueblo tribal member has yet to turn up any suspects, according to...

Former Court Clerk Faces 22 Criminal Charges

2/7/08     Española Municipal Court Judge Stephen Salazar hired a clerk to handle the court's money while she was under investigation by the FBI and...

Judges Want Española Judge, Courthouse

2/7/08     Judges from the state's First Judicial District want to add a judge and a new courthouse in Rio Arriba County.     At a Rio...

Aiken’s Death Ruled Suicide

SUN Staff Report 2/14/08     The Office of the Medical Investigator has declared the Sept. 25 death of Wayne Aiken a suicide caused by cocaine intoxication,...

Highway 84/285 Work Changed, Delayed Again

1/24/08     Just three months after changing construction plans for Highway 84/285, the state Highway Department presented a new set of plans for the stretch...

County Fires Deputy Currently Under Investigation by FBI

2/7/08     A Rio Arriba County Sheriff's deputy Kenneth Martinez was terminated last week after an FBI investigation into alleged civil rights violations came to...

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