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Eliminate County Corruption

    Readers did it when they called and sent letters and news clippings to the school ethics committee. They got the superintendent removed.     They...

City Hall Headed for Stalemate

    Battle lines are being drawn as Española’s mayor and City Council take sides to determine the fate of City Manager James Lujan.     The...

Rape Trial Pits Couple vs. Victim

    Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that a woman arrived at Española Hospital in the predawn hours of Sept. 27, 2010, after being beaten...

Feds: Nonprofit Botched Teacher Incentive Grant

    A Rio Rancho nonprofit may be mostly to blame for the collapse of a grant program that owes Española School District teachers hundreds...

Bad Food Orders for County Jail Latest Indigestion for Ex-Fire Chief

    Rio Arriba County is threatening legal action against a food distribution company owned by former Velarde fire chief Eddie Velarde for allegedly selling...

Fund RequiredMuch Stricter Oversight

    Former Northern New Mexico Network director Carlos Atencio has some explaining to do. It’s not just the Rio Grande SUN asking the questions...

Should City Swap $14M Bridge for Future Liability?

    The city of Española is one step closer to accepting $14 million in state funding to improve Paseo de Oñate in exchange for...

Superintendent Given 1-Year Contract Extension

    The Española School Board brought Arthur Blea into the fold last week.     Board President Floyd Archuleta introduced a new seating arrangement when the...

Sundevil Golf Team in the Swing

    Española Valley High School junior golfer Lynsey Wheeler needed two more qualifying rounds to enter the field of the Class AAAA state golf...

A Good Reason to Vote

   The founding fathers viewed public service as a form of civic obligation. Finding a person, who once elected, can represent the people honorably...

Interim Chief Lacks Certification

    When asked if he planned to apply for the city of Española’s vacant public safety chief position, interim chief Steven Branch told a...

Sundevils Take Two on the Road; Move to Second Place in District

    An exciting suicide-squeeze finish to a 10-inning marathon followed by a three-inning anticlimax highlighted the Española Valley Sundevils 2-1, 3-0 sweep of a...