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Northern Needs Full Board of Regents

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    The New Mexico Constitution (Article XII, Section 13) states the governor shall appoint a regent to a college or university and the senate...

A Better-operated County Would Relieve Tax Burden

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    Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alex Naranjo said a mouthful when during an April budget meeting he dressed down County department heads and other...

City Needs Refund on Arts Center Contract

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    It appears Northern New Mexico Regional Arts Center Executive Director John Werenko will leave his current job, much the same way he left...

E911 Board Must Learn from Its Mistakes

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    Look hard. You won’t find a better example of a dysfunctional group of leaders than the ever-changing E911 Board. It’s composed of law...

Upward Bound Grant Huge Opportunity

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    Big money. Tall order. Tough task. No plan.     Northern New Mexico College won a five-year, $1.2 million grant to aid 60 Española Valley...

Manage Jail or Close It

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    Rio Arriba County Commissioners must get serious about addressing problems at their jail in Tierra Amarilla. We state “their jail,” because commissioners are...

Co-op Should Clarify Bylaws, Policies

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    As sketchy as Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative board elections are, you’d think the by-laws and policies and procedures would address a candidate’s concerns...

Elected officials Owe Service to Taxpayers

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    Let’s add this to our list of “legal but just not right.”     The Rio Arriba County Treasurer’s Office closed three times in as...

Police Chief’s Behavior Must Be Addressed

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    Española City Police Chief Matthew Vigil has much bigger problems than the Rio Grande SUN writing about his repeated bad behavior. His response,...

Higher Ed Realignment Tough Pill to Swallow

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    It’s a simple case of supply versus demand. There are too many colleges and universities for too few students. That Economics 101 lesson...

How Many Tired Retreads Headed to School District?

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    We shouldn’t be surprised after the hand-picked hiring of Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez, that she would begin to populate her administration with former supporters...

Fiesta Council Needs Fresh Start, New Blood

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    The Oñate Fiesta should have all the drama and pageantry of Don Juan de Oñate’s entrance into what would become the Española Valley....
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