Opinion

Callous Disingenuous Remark

    Editor’s note: the author is former McCurdy Charter School coach JuliAnn Martinez’s mother.     McCurdy Charter School Director Michele Lucci is quoted as saying,...

Celebrate Real News and 61 Years of the SUN

    We celebrate two significant events at the Rio Grande SUN this week. We turned 61 on Oct. 6 and coincidentally, it’s National Newspaper...

Jemez Co-op Loses a Leader; Replacing Him Will Be Tough

    We’ll keep an open mind and hope the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board will hire a strong general manager to replace departing Joseph...

Ignore the Messenger, Listen to the Message

    As if we weren’t divided enough already, now we must decide whether to kneel, lock arms, bow our heads or stand while the...

Thanks for Flying the Flag

   Thanks to the  Española Fire Department for so beautifully displaying on Sept. 11, our American flag. It was a simple, yet profound and...

Hard-Working, Not ‘Baser’

    Dr. Stan Sanders, Chatanooga, Tenn., but who lived in Lyden for seven years, wrote a letter to the editor titled, “Educate the Masses,”...

Stop Spraying Roundup

    The communities of Dixon and Abiquiú have reported that the Department of Transportation sprayed Roundup on their roadsides. I understand that roadside growth...

Obit Column Hit Home

Editor:     What a fantastic and informative article in the Sept. 7 edition of the Rio Grande SUN, entitled “Consider Obituary Information Now, Not Under...

New Water Meters Won’t Help Revenue

    The city of Española should not count on a windfall if it replaces its malfunctioning water meters. Rio Grande SUN, “Meter Replacements Being...

Inventory Meters, Connections First

    If the city of Española is going to get serious about a water conservation plan, the first thing that must be done is...

Railroad Must Go after What It’s Owed

    Where’s Lonesome Dave Cargo when you need him?     The late former New Mexico governor always had the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad’s back...

Drop Baggage for Ethnicity Conversation

    When Oñate Fiesta councilors in the early 2000s decided to stop calling our annual celebration “The Oñate Fiesta,” and watered it down to...

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