Opinion

Gavel Purchase SymbolicOf School Board’s Spending

When we labeled Española School Board President Andrew Chavez, King Andrew, it was clearly tongue in cheek. That means we were poking fun at...

Watch for IncreasedMotorcycle Traffic

  Governor Susana Martinez has declared May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. While it is the responsibility of all road users to the share...

Living Like Our Ancestors

 Like everyone else who experienced last winter’s natural gas shortage, Santa Clara Pueblo lost the comforts of hot water and heat for almost a...

City Councilor DidThe Right Thing

    What a stand up response from City Councilor Robert Seeds when asked about his daughter’s DWI arrest Saturday night.     You can almost predict...

Mattei Got It;SUN Editor Didn’t

  Lou Mattei’s article on the financial travails of Northern New Mexico College was a tour de force of investigative journalism.  It was no...

Need Help FightingVelarde Burglaries

  There has been a recent string of break-ins in the Velarde and Lyden area. I realize that times are hard and I am...

Should Not Have ComeTo Teacher/Student Fight

 The punch. That’s what is on students’ minds at Española Valley High School as they eye the homestretch of graduation and summer vacation.     When...

Calling All Blood Donors,Volunteers and Non-Profits

Our inaugural community blood drive is next week and we’re taking blood for two days instead of one. We have a strong success rate...

Money Matters

    Two local government agencies struggling to get a grip on dubious finances, both of them with several versions of minimally trained finance directors.    ...

Not the Proper Reaction

    It’s a little macabre watching people around the country, even the world, cheer Osama Bin Laden’s death. And do these cheering masses understand...

Have A Drink withThat Illegal Election

    Rio Arriba County Commissioners want restaurants to be able to sell booze in County establishments and they’re going to get an ordinance passed...

It’s OK to Drink and DriveIn Rio Arriba County

  Coming home from dinner and shopping April 28 at approximately 9 p.m., we found our driveway blocked by a passed out drunk sleeping...

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