Opinion

Watch What You Eat

    Choo, Choo, Choo. Open wide, here comes the train.     A group of local business owners upset with the lack of police support in...

Española Needs Library

Voters in Española will vote March 2 on a general obligation bond issue that will allow the city of Española to build a new...

Protect Your Vendor

    The Rio Grande SUN has been sold on the streets of Española for over 54 years. In all that time we know of...

Los Alamos Court ClerkKnows Open Records Act

    I experienced a first in my newspaper career. And what a shockingly pleasant experience it was.     Tasked with inspecting and obtaining documents from...

Shelter Can’t Take Revenue Loss

   Unbelievable how the city of Espanola handles their finances!  I just read how the city may lose $114,680 in unspent pork monies, of...

Health Care Bill ShouldHave More Substance

 Now is the time for New Mexicans to press our congresspersons for genuine reform.     • A public option. Congress should model its final bill...

Bring Ojo Caliente intoRio Arriba County

 I lost my dog on New Year’s Day. Not to old age or disease, but to a violent pack of domesticated dogs that roam...

Española’s City ElectionPromises More of the Same

    The city of Española election is officially started and we’re all past the prognostications, suppositions, extrapolations and crystal ball gazing.     It’s clear we’ll...

Sheriff Race Messy

    It’s natural that someone within the ranks of the sheriff’s department would feel they could run the department. They’re there all the time...

Wishes He Had the WordsTo Better the Community

   I wish I had the words to wake up Española, Rio Arriba County and our beautiful State.     The sentencing by Judge Michael Vigil...

By Federal Government ReactionThe Terrorists Have Already Won

    The terrorists won.     At least at the federal government level they have. Anyone who flies regularly must cringe every time a lunatic gets...

Library Should BePublic Resource Center

   The Española Public Library was built in 1972 and was intended to be a temporary location.     I remember what it was like to...

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