Opinion

Preserve Traditional Knowledge

    In many recent issues of the Rio Grande SUN, I have been inspired and enlightened by the words and topics of Molly Montgomery...

Be a Citizen, Complete Your Census Form

    At its best, the system put in place by Census 2020 will not work well in Rio Arriba County. Add restrictions from a...

Community Should Mourn Newspaper’s End

    The loss of a newspaper is painful to those of us in the business. It doesn’t matter where that newspaper is, when one...

Respond to Census, for Everyone’s Sake

Editor:     Every 10 years we receive a set of questions that affects everyone in our community for the next decade. The U.S. Census Bureau...

All Public Employees Should Lose Qualified Imunity

    We’re all for eliminating qualified immunity . . . for records custodians and the politicians and lawyers who back them up and continue...

Karma in Play at Ojo Caliente Fire?

    Did karma spark the Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort and Spa fire?     My grandfather Frank S. Mauro Sr., purchased in 1932 the historic...

Sheriff’s Resignation Falls under ‘Be Careful What You Wish for’

    We’re in a difficult position, Rio Arriba County.     The big city daily called for our sheriff’s head in an editorial last month. They’re...

E-911 Budget Questionable, At Best

    The Rio Arriba County/Española E-911 Board approved a budget July 30 with 15 percent of the anticipated revenue highly questionable, if not doubtful.   ...

Careful Reasoning by All

    A recently released Reuters International news service article by Andrew Hay, headlined “New Mexico statue defenders oppose Pueblo Revolt of 2020,” makes reference...

License from a Cracker Jack Box

    For two consecutive weeks in later July semi trucks carrying loads of sand traveled on State Road 74 at high rates of speed...

Keep Recreation Vehicles off City Streets

    As soon as the weather turns warm you can count on off road vehicles of all types to start zipping through neighborhoods and...

Union Neutral on Rehab Issue

Editor:     As the President of Española Firefighters Union I.A.F.F Local 4339, I would like to make it clear that we neither endorse nor oppose...

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