Opinion

Co-op Board Cowers in Closed Session

    Human beings do things in secret when they’re ashamed or fearful. Such was the Jan. 10 vote taken by the Jemez Mountains Electric...

Parents Need to Know Truth about Vaping

    As the superintendent of the Espanola School District I am gravely concerned about the misinformation e-cigarette companies have targeted at children and teens...

Students Now Have an Advocate on Lottery Board

    The New Mexico Lottery Board now has a champion for the students. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham at the end of December appointed Othiamba...

EPA Must Come Clean in Every Way

    Having a Superfund site under you city is a pretty big deal. The Environmental Protection Agency and the New Mexico Environment Department have...

Absent Students Equals Absent Parents

    It’s agreed that over half of Española Valley High School students being absent 18 days before the fall semester ends is outrageous and...

Address Climate Change Locally

   Climate Change is getting worse every day. We need to stop burning fossil fuels, stop polluting the air and stop putting plastic into...

Crime Pays in Rio Arriba County

    Just finished reading my Rio Grande SUN, dated Dec. 12.     If it is ever alleged that I committed  a crime, I hope it...

County Commissioners Must Address Jail Issues

    Rio Arriba County officials may want to sit up and take notice of Nathanael King’s front page story this week about Syndicato Nuevo...

Non-profits Play Lodgers Tax Shell Game

    Rio Arriba County’s lodgers tax granting is an annual political football. Disbursements have little connection to merit.     The tax is collected from hotels...

Making Espanola Proud Every Day

    No New Mexico politician, at any level, did as much for Española than Roger Montoya did Sunday night. His brief but poignant speech...

Public School Must Find the Sunshine

    Unless you were a fly on the wall at past board meetings, or good friends or family of a board member, you’re not...

EPA Must Finish Superfund Site Cleanup

    The federal Environmental Protection Agency gave Españolans a new definition of, “We’re from the government and we’re here to help.” We also have...

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