Opinion

Police Not ResponsibleFor Poor Choices

 I have followed the story of the pedestrian fatality and sadly, a lawsuit against the Española Police Department might be filed and lost.     If...

Sign(s) of Political Times

    Rio Arriba County commissioners got really creative in the fight against drunk drivers. Where we’re all stuck in your boring, run-of-the-mill ideas for...

School District HasSpecial Ed. Problem

  Thank you for extending our voice to the community regarding special education services in the Espanola School District.     It’s time we step up...

Flack Fever

    Rio Arriba County Commissioners said two weeks ago they would no longer talk to the public. Actually two said they won’t talk to...

Board Defends Market Lease

  Your most recent article on our business put a less than positive spin on the Española Community Market’s lease agreement with the Española...

Prosecuting CopsWaste of Time, Money

  For over two years, the city of Española has subjected three police officers to termination, and public humiliation. If the city would have...

Columnist Won’t Budge;Equity Act Full of Hooey

Martha Burk is to women’s rights issues what Friday night football is to high school athletics. Martha slugs it out in the heavyweight division...

Former Lt. Governor DefendsState’s Equity Act

I recently had one of those “Whoa!” moments when I read Ned Cantwell’s humorous yet erroneous column about the New Mexico School Athletics Equity...

Funding of Charter Schools Defended

  Thank you for your coverage and support of the proposed charter schools (Rio Grande SUN, Charter School Supporters . . ., Aug. 18,...

Sheriff’s Missteps

     Was it shoddy police work, bad judgment by Rio Arriba County sheriff’s department special deputies, fraud, incompetence, all of the above? It always...

Voice Special Ed.Concerns to District

  Thank you for extending our voice to the community regarding special education services in the Espanola School District.     It’s time we step up...

Suggestions for Santa Clara Pueblo

   In last week’s letters to the editor there were two responses to an editorial (Rio Grande SUN, Neighborly Ways, page A6, Sept. 1,...

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Northern Briefs 8/27/26