Editorials

Focus on Budget

    The chatter among legislators to address All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) laws is laudable but a poorly allottment of time and resources toward a...

Come Support Our Best, BrightestStudents at SUN’s Spelling Bee

Commentary by R. Braiden Trapp     They’re going to be out there again. Our best youth, on the stage, glaring lights, pounding pulse, thoughts swirling, trying...

Easy There, Pardner

    If you want to anger northern New Mexico farmers and ranchers, put a newfangled name tag on the streams that supply water to...

Mariachis Sol del ValleWell-Funded by Taxpayers

    Española Valley High School’s Mariachi Sol del Valle going to Washington outshines any trip a collection of politicians have ever made to the...

Account for Three-Eighths Tax Money;Then Raise Water/Sewer Rates

    The rate increase proposed by the city of Española on water and sewer customers is again, way out of line. The enterprise fund...

Goodbye to a Good Clerk

    We may not always agree with Rio Arriba County Clerk Fred Vigil, when it comes to public document access, but his eight years...

SUN To Hold Blood Drives in 09′

R. Braiden Trapp The SUN is pushing for four blood drives in 2009. Our first is Jan. 16 here at the office in the parking...

Library Needs Help

R. Braiden Trapp     The public library isn’t the public institution it once was. The Española Public Library is plagued by an apathetic city administration,...

A Strange Economic Theory:If You’ve Got Money, Spend It

R. Braiden Trapp     I’m not a Ben Stein fan. You know who he is if you saw Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He played a...

If It’s Dark and It’s SundayYou Must Be a Jemez Customer

    I have to write fast, before the power goes off again.     Customers around Northern New Mexico are now portraying a strange behavior. Peacock...

Where Will Military AcademyStudents Land?

    After last week’s vote by the state Public Education Department to essentially close the Española Military Academy, the Española School Board has some...

Support Mayor’s Railroad Museum

    Española Mayor Joseph Maestas has been pushing for a railroad museum for many years. He finally has the initial funding ($400,000) to design...

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