Northern Briefs

Feds Propose Petaca Mine Closure Project

From a press release 5/15/08     The Forest Service is seeking input on its proposal to safeguard abandoned mines in the Petaca Mining District.     The project...

Summer Programs Offer Arts, Athletics, Academics

5/15/08     Española parents looking to keep their children busy this summer have a wide array of summer camps and programs to choose from. Everything...

Mine Hearing Set

4/24/08     After nearly a decade of hearings and litigation, a contentious mine expansion in Velarde is up for another public hearing May 14 at...

Santa Fe County Seeks to Turn Nambé Properties into Park

4/17/08     Santa Fe County is attempting to acquire a piece of property along State Road 503 in Nambé from the Pojoaque School District in...

Irony Abounds in Man’s Alleged Attack on Girlfriend

5/8/08     The Española man who lost his leg in a 2006 attempted-murder case for which defendant Gilbert Martinez was acquitted is now facing his...

Track’s Potential Largely Untapped

Commentary by George Morse   5/8/08   This year’s track season has been dominated by the remarkable times, posted week after week, by Pojoaque freshman Kim Babicke....

One Candidate Wants Changes, Other Status Quo

4/24/08     The race for Rio Arriba County clerk will pit two opposing factions of the County's Democratic Party.     Lou Baker is currently the County...

Mesa Vista Superintendent Finalist for Las Vegas District Post

SUN Staff Report 4/24/08     Less than a year after the Mesa Vista School Board refused unanimously to extend District Superintendent Robert Archuleta's contract by an...

Tale of Two Lous

5/15/08     Rio Arriba County clerk candidate Lou Baker's use of two Social Security numbers appears to be illegal and has drawn the attention of...

Frost Bad, Bees Good

4/24/08     The chilly temperatures following the spring snowstorms that struck Northern New Mexico April 12 and April 17 damaged stone fruit crops in orchards...

Hours Cut at Ranchitos Pool to Cover Budget Deficit

5/8/08     City of Española administrators finished off the second round of budget cuts that stripped the city's budget of nearly $500,000 in additional spending.    ...

Well-Known Candle-Sniffer Feels Woozy After Latest Sniff

    4/24/08 Española Police officers, Rio Arriba County Sheriff's deputies and Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police responded to the following calls: Drive-thru Drugs Monday, April 7     • 1:29...

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