Opinion

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Justice at A Snail’s Pace

    We once again feel compelled to write back to our many anonymous letter-writers these past few months to answer a long-standing and continual...

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...

If City Can Close This WeekHow About One Week Every Month?

    If a business can close for the week of Christmas to New Years, can we assume it could close for one week out...

Christmas Crossing of the DelawareTurned Tide of American Revolution

On the wall of the Rio Grande SUN publisher’s modest office is a calendar he receives annually from the World War II Veterans Committee...

Library Director CitesMany Reasons for New Library

Have you ever heard the phrase, expect the unexpected? It’s all about an opportunity we didn’t anticipate that so often comes up in our...

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