Northern Briefs

Suspects Still On Loose In Ranger Shooting

12/6/07     An Abiquiú Lake park ranger was shot in the leg the morning of Dec. 1 after he interrupted two men who were breaking...

Starlighter Loop Lovers Keep Española Cops Busy

    11/29/07 Española Police officers and Rio Arriba County Sheriff's deputies responded to the following calls:    Grandma Battered    Monday, Nov. 12     • 10:03 a.m. — A...

Alfredo Named Dean

SUN Staff Report 12/6/07     Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alfredo Montoya has been named Dean of Student Services at Northern New Mexico College five months after...

Northern New Mexico Boasts State’s Top Coaches

Commentary by George Morse   11/22/07   The state volleyball tournament ended Nov. 17 with no local teams claiming a state championship. Nevertheless, this past season provided...

Sharpshooting Elk Scores 26 in Win

11/29/07     The Pojoaque Elks started their basketball season Nov. 24 as cold as the single-digit temperatures outside of the Mora High School Gym.     For...

Trojans Break Seven-Year Losing Streak to Indian School

11/22/07     In the small towns of Ojo Caliente, El Rito, La Madera and Vallecitos, talk of Mesa Vista High School Trojans boys basketball team...

Less Green Chile More Heroin

12/6/07     A woman tried to smuggle heroin to her boyfriend at the Española Jail — in between the patties of a hamburger, according to...

Crowd Gets Rowdy in Funeral Home’s Lot

  11/22/07   Española Police officers and Rio Arriba County Sheriff's deputies responded to the following calls: Imaginary Movieset Monday, November 5     • 3:19 a.m. — A...

Raging Blaze Engulfs Shack Near Fire Station

12/6/07      Kristy Vigil, 28, was doing the laundry with her two young daughters the afternoon of Nov. 28 when she saw shadows fluttering across...

Quest for Third Title Falls Short

3/18/10     The Pojoaque Elkettes’ quest for their third straight Class AAA state basketball title came to a sudden end March 9 in a 61-50...

School Board Hides in Secret Committees

3/18/10     The Española School Board routinely breaks into committees to discuss nearly every facet of school district business, and the public is not invited.    ...

Teachers Must Go Back to School

11/29/07     Patty Martinez-Rivera had just received her teaching certificate from Northern New Mexico College and started teaching second grade at Española Elementary. But six...

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