Northern Briefs

Coronado Rebounds With Two Victories

SUN Staff Report 2/11/10     The Coronado Leopards opened their District 2AA season by losing to the Navajo Prep Eagles  51-48 Feb. 2 in Farmington.     Coronado...

Railroad Commission Threatens To Pull Company’s Contract

2/11/10     The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission has threatened to fire the railroad’s management company.     Commissioners held what amounted to an informal vote...

Report Filed Against Ex-Commissioner

SUN Staff Report 2/21/08     A Truchas man has filed a complaint with the Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Department accusing former County commissioner Ray Tafoya of...

County Manager Wants to Subsidize Cost of Ankle Bracelets

2/28/08     Rio Arriba County residents may be paying to keep criminals out of jail in the near future.      County officials, with encouragement from First...

City Candidate Fails To Report Spending

2/11/10     Just because candidates for public office in Española have to submit campaign finance reports doesn’t mean they have to be accurate.     Two of...

Few Rockslides, Minor Flooding Reported in Wake of Snowstorm

2/21/08     Above-average precipitation has started to take its toll on Rio Arriba County roads.     "We've got some reports of minor flooding," County Emergency Manager...

Convicted Killer Loses Appeal, Faces 25 Years

2/21/08     Forensic evidence left little doubt that Michael Sevens Martinez killed and raped his grandmother in 1997, and in a Feb. 8 ruling, the...

Ambitious Experiments Capture Top Science Prizes

3/6/08     Holy Cross Catholic School students gushed and pointed at classmates' science projects Feb. 26 as they toured a gallery of diagrams and displays...

Teen Caught with Coke, Stolen Gun

2/11/10     Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a teenager Feb. 6 at the Ohkay Casino Hotel for allegedly carrying two ounces of cocaine and...

Brazos Fire Chief Killed in Explosion At Fire Station

2/21/08     An explosion destroyed the Brazos Canyon Fire Station Tuesday around noon killing recently retired fire chief Michael Hays.     "The fire station blew up....

Weight of Election on Polling Place Volunteers

2/28/08     The  responsibility of running the March 4 Española municipal election  and implementing a new district system will fall largely on the shoulders of...

Supreme Court to Rule on Theory in Chama Murder Case

2/21/08     An old theory in the 2005 murder of a Chama woman is still viable, despite attempts by police and prosecutors to discredit it...

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