Northern Briefs

Clerk Candidate Illegally Posts Signs

1/31/08     Rio Arriba County clerk candidate Lou Baker has violated Española city code by displaying her campaign signs more than 60 days prior to...

Rio Arriba Commission Ignores Jail Inspection Law

1/24/08     A State Police drug investigation and several drug-related incidents at the Rio Arriba County Jail apparently did not provide enough motivation for the...

Regent Switches Parties Same Day Appointed

1/24/08     State law prohibited Gov. Bill Richardson from appointing a fourth  Democrat to the already Democratically controlled Northern New Mexico College Board of Regents....

Gross Receipts Decline Hits Cash-Strapped City’s Pocketbooks

1/31/08     The first tangible effects of the Los Alamos National Laboratory job cuts seem to be beginning to turn up in the city of...

Trojans’ Defense Secures 18th Win

SUN Staff Report 1/31/08     The Mesa Vista Trojans improved to 18-0 Jan. 25 after their dominating 73-59 victory over the Tularosa Wildcats in Ojo Caliente.    ...

Torrez Sparks Sundevils to Win

2/7/08     The Española Valley Sundevils had fallen behind the Capital Jaguars 22-17 in the second quarter when Sundevil senior Mike Torrez took over the...

Coronado Brothers Lead Leopard Attack

1/24/08     The Coronado High School is the smallest Class AA schools in the state and its boys basketball team may be one of the...

Española to Transfer Secondary Grades

1/31/08     It almost didn't happen, but Superintendent David Cockerham convinced the Española School Board to fall in line with the rest of New Mexico.    ...

S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G B-E-E

1/24/08     Sixth-grader Diane Williams and seventh-grader Jose Estrada stood under the glare of stage lights Jan. 17 in Northern New Mexico College's Performing Arts...

Counselors Struggle Under Heavy Load

1/24/08     With college application deadlines looming, some Española Valley High School students don’t know where to look for help.     Senior Jessica Martinez said the...

Lawmakers Close Minimum Wage Loophole

1/24/08     State lawmakers fixed a mistake from 2007 that had threatened to sock state and local governments with massive overtime bills for first responders.    ...

Trailers Hit by Fires Across Valley

2/7/08     Jennifer Martinez was visiting her sick cousin at Española Hospital when an angry plume of black smoke the shape of an ice cream...

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