Editorials

Senate Bill 8An Evil Twin

    We are fortunate the three House bills related to Public Regulation Commission reform have found strong champions on both sides of the aisle....

Graduation Rates Questionable

    We question whether we should all be encouraged by Espanola Valley High School’s big jump in graduation rates. We fall in step with...

School Board Endorsements

    Every election cycle a preponderance of voters wait eagerly for the candidates to file, hoping this time they’re going to get someone worthy...

District Must Be Funded

    We do not want a 2-mill levy tax to pass, giving the Espanola School District roughly $800,000 a year to spend on “maintenance.”...

Murder Numbers Bleak

R. Braiden Trapp     We learned of Crystal Maestas’ death as Rio Grande SUN reporter Nathan Comp wrapped up a story on a review of...

Keep Going, Mayor

R. Braiden Trapp     Two in a row.     Mayor Alice Lucero has a little momentum with her hiring of Espanola Public Safety Director Eric Garcia....

Tiregate Revisited

    In an unconvincing finger-pointing game of he said, she said, we may never know how or when tires of an undetermined number appeared...

Challenge Candidates

    New Mexico tops many “bad” national lists and anchors the bottom of “good” ones. Impotent politicians offer platitudes and rhetoric, while most of...

Doggone Waste

    “It’s a dog’s life,” routinely refers to how rough it is to be dog. It can’t be applied when it comes to drug...

2013 Will Be Great YearIn Rio Arriba County

The coming year is going to be exciting. The statement comes from knowledge already gathered by Rio Grande SUN staff.     In January Española School...

Let’s FocusOn Problems at Home

    It’s laudable of the Rio Arriba County Commission to propose we give Española School District $2 million to put chain-link fences around all...

Northern’s Public ImageLacking Transparency

    Northern New Mexico College officials should be ashamed of their heavy-handed dealing with Lisa Powell. Powell wears/wore many hats at the college, including...

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