Opinion

Trash Catch 22

  “Catch 22.”  I read it in my wild and wooly youth. It was an army rule that said, basically, that you can apply...

Jemez Co-op Finally ReadyTo Fight for Members

    Kudos to the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board. They finally found their spine and joined three other cooperatives in the state to launch...

Raises Without Merit

    Sinverguenzas.     Merriam Webster’s Spanish Central defines this term as, “shameless, brazen, impudent.” It’s the appropriate word Rio Arriba County taxpayers should use to...

Tax Idea Must Be Stopped

    Let’s slow the train and take a look at the three-quarters of one percent gross receipts tax issue being discussed in school districts...

For a Few Dollars

   I was a new owner of the Fosters Hotel and Saloon in the early 1970s when a group of people came to Chama...

Trickle of Health DepartmentAudit Information Revealing

    Information is slowly being released regarding the 15 New Mexico non-profits that lost Medicaid funding over the summer, following a state Health Department...

Farmer Will Be Missed

   Joseph Merhege, a founding member of Española Farmers’ Market Board, long-time grower at Española Valley Farms, educator, coach, acequia activist and friend died...

Thanks to Lady Regents

    The public owes its thanks to Northern New Mexico College regents Chayo Garcia and Cecille Martinez-Wechsler. The two single-handedly backed down a majority...

Rate Hike Not Fair

   Contrary to your editorial (Rio Grande SUN, “Trash Rate Hike Fair…”, Sept. 5, 2013, page A7), to our Españolan families, friends and neighbors...

Sheriff Lowered Crime

 The level of crime in our community has gone down and the speeding traffic has slowed. We have the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office...

Already Took Reward

  I would like to thank the person who found my pocketbook at Valley National Bank parking lot Sept. 4 and turned it in...

Super Sheriff

   As a life-long resident of Rio Arriba County, I want to acknowledge the efforts of Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella. I have...

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