Editorials

Shortsighted Jemez Co-op Board Kills Solar Array Project

    Former Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative general manager Joseph Sanchez called the Board on the carpet this week with a fact-punctuated email explaining why...

Mayor’s Political Plays Exposed in Lawsuit

    By the end of 2018 Mayor Alice Lucero will get the metaphoric spanking she's deserved a long time.     Former city manager Kelly Duran...

Commissioners Ignore Zoning Laws, Deny Zoning Request

    Youngsville resident John Hunt got a nasty lesson last month in Rio Arriba County politics.     Hunt sought permission Nov. 2 to put an...

We Just Can’t Have Nice Things

    It’s a common phrase when an errant child breaks something, that a mother utters. “That’s why we can’t have nice things.”     Española residents...

Comprehensive Plan’s Success Lies in Action

    The comprehensive plan the Española City Council approved Tuesday night should be read by every citizen in Española. Rio Grande SUN staff writer...

Code Talkers Disrespected

    Three Navajo Nation World War II veterans, who served the United States as Code Talkers, were honored at the White House Monday. Anyone...

Grateful to Highway Department Engineer

    Anyone who dares to journey the intersection of Valley Drive and North Riverside Drive has no doubt noticed the new stripes on Wal-Mart’s...

Co-op Board Must Know, the Shoe Fits

    Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees President Nick Naranjo can go to his grave knowing he did the Naranjo name proud. His...

Police Officers Have Same Right to Speak

    There are many theories among open government advocates when pondering the question, why do so many elected and appointed officials, governmental bodies and...

City Clerk Needs to Get Her Story Straight

    How do Española residents feel about going from eight city councilors to four? While we’re asking that question publicly, your city councilors and...

A County Emergency Nine Years in the Making

    Who would give a 16-year-old boy a pint of whiskey, car keys and a loaded pistol? That’s what our federal government did from...

County Should Conduct Public Business in Public

    A frustrated Rio Arriba County commission met Oct. 19 in Tierra Amarilla to review finances as it struggles to balance a budget badly...

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