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    We don’t want to be the laughing stock of the state but when your interim police chief kind of resigns with no explanation...

Cop Shifts and theJemez Anglo Issue

  Congratulations are in order to the Rio Grande SUN on its 56 years of publication.     I recall selling the SUN in 1957 at...

Can’t Buy, Suppress Vote

   It is extremely gratifying to see President Obama re-elected to a second term. Now further economic progress can be had, along with renewed...

Unions Not An Answer

    The Española School District and Northern New Mexico College are both going through the throws of raises for non-union versus union employees. This...

Wait on Intervenor Outcome

    Full disclosure, I have known Loyda Martinez for several years and have grown to appreciate her advocacy for Hispanics and for her community.    ...

Defending Martinez

    I was appalled at the way your reporter depicted Loyda Martinez in a story last week (Rio Grande SUN, “Self-Styled Advocate . .”...

Rio Arriba TurnoutMuch Better ThanState, National

    Voter turnout in New Mexico dropped in the 2012 general election. Unofficial Secretary of State data shows 62 percent of registered voters cast...

SUN Took Sides

   I attended the Public Regulation Commission meeting at the community college because I was interested in the activities within Jemez Co-op and the...

Support Mutz, Blea

   I would like to give some praise to how well things seem to be running this year at Española Valley High School, under...

Got More Votes

   During the course of the recent election the Rio Grande SUN published several articles regarding the race for Rio Arriba County Treasurer’s Office...

Northern Union BustingNot ‘Service For the Common Good’

The new mission statement for Northern New Mexico College, recently approved by the Board of Regents, declares, “Northern emphasizes issues of sustainability inclusive of...

Who Holds the Gavel?

    Things went awry in Wonderland at last week’s city council meeting when interim chief of police Stephen Branch (the white rabbit) and a...

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