Northern Briefs

Rebuilding Northern Baghdad Tests Chimayó Native

2/21/08     Maj. Esequiel Steve Espinoza has been doing what presidential candidates have been only talking about: rebuilding Iraq.     Espinoza spent 15 months in north...

Old Guard Faces Off with Current Council at Debate

2/28/08     A sparsely attended forum for Española City Council candidates did feature several exchanges that further revealed the rift between candidates associated with the...

Man Stabbed in Gang Fight

SUN Staff Report 3/6/08     No criminal charges have been filed yet in an alleged gang fight at the Calle del Pajarito public housing development that...

Defendants Roll Dice in Española Municipal Court

2/28/08     Criminal defendants who walk into Española Municipal Court are putting their freedom on the line — and they may be sacrificing it unfairly...

Housing Budget Rejected

2/28/08     The Española Public Housing Authority has failed to correct its 2008 Low Rent Program budget two months after it was initially rejected by...

Assistant Principal Hired Late in Year

SUN Staff Report 2/21/08     Former Española middle school principal John Bird has been rehired as the interim assistant principal at the middle school.     Bird retired...

Fire Chief’s Death Ruled an Accident

2/28/08     Rio Arriba County officials, firefighters, emergency personnel and loved ones gathered Monday at the El Meson Lodge in Chama for the funeral of...

Defense Makes All the Difference

2/21/08     Santa Fe Indian School's Marcelita Povijua had a tired but satisfied look on her face after her team beat the Pojoaque Elkettes 52-46...

Rotary Trip to Benefit Guatemalans

3/6/08     An Española nurse and the local Rotary Club are helping to provide a remote region of Guatemala with better medical services.     Deborah Simon,...

Insiders’ Game Sets Tone for June Primary

3/6/08     For the candidate who will be Northern New Mexico's next United States representative, the road to Washington, D.C., winds through crowded and chaotic...

Police Accused of Brutality

SUN Staff Report 2/21/08     A 16-year-old Española Valley High School student has alleged police brutality against police at the school, according to a tort claim...

Alcohol Evidence Admissible in Pedestrian Death Case

2/11/10     The lawyer for an Española man accused of killing a pedestrian last August has claimed that juvenile court evidence that his client gave...

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