Opinion

It’s Not Me

Recently a person employed by the city of Española, with a name similar to mine, has appeared in series of articles in the Rio...

It’s the Joe Maestas Show!

    Española Mayor Joseph Maestas can get on the local radio station and say just about anything he likes about the Rio Grande SUN,...

Excellent Blade Work

The road graders for county road 158 and 155 do a terrific job on our roads. Pls they are there on a regualr basis....

Committee Finds PreK Programs Successful

    When reformers took aim at the state’s education system in 2003, they were looking at K-12. Pre-Kindergarten joined the mix in 2005, on...

Hospital Administration, Please Hurry

    The Española Hospital folks say we have another ambulance coming back into rotation. That wasn’t so bad, was it? All it took was...

Will Cook Pay Fine?

 Once again, Richard Cook is in violation of a mining permit. He has failed to reclaim a pumice mine in the Jemez Mountains which...

Thanks for Help Following Fire

   I’m writing to thank all those people who gave us a lot of help when our house burned down March 2.     Thanks to...

Ask the School Board

Are the children from Cariños or the chidlren from the Española Military Academy more important?     Neither.     In the eys of God and the eyes...

Superconducting Seminar Will Be Super Interesting

    I only had to ask Dean Peterson one question about superconducting and he was off. As he said, it’s like turning on a...

Too Late to HireCity Attorney

    It’s tough hiring people. It’s tougher still to hire good people. Ask officials in the city of Española. They’ve been limping along for...

Cops, Checkpoints Can DoWhat Ponch Can’t

    (Editor’s warning: If you’re a fan of the 1970s television series CHiPs, and specifically Erik Estrada, stop reading now. You’ll only be upset.)    ...

New Mexico Engineer May HaveAnswer to GM’s Woes

    General Motors, as we know it, is dead. Long live (the new) GM.     The forced bankruptcy and the taxpayers’ new 60 percent ownership...

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Northern Briefs 8/20/26