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Police Blotter: Good Citizen Helps Track Down Stolen 30-Pack

     Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Drunken Ventilation Monday, June 27     •...

Man Shot in Face

    Española Police arrested a Pojoaque man Tuesday after he allegedly shot another man in the face Monday afternoon on Corlett Road in Española,...

Agents Nab Burglary Suspect

    State Police investigators linked an Abiquiú man to a July 4 vehicle break-in at Echo Canyon Amphitheater, and possibly several other thefts, after...

Morse Code: Trees, Scenery Suffer in Drought

There was something missing as I drove across the mountains on Highway 64 between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla July 9 and it took...

Mesa Vista Student ReturnsTo Journalism Workshop

The Rio Grande Sun sponsored my classmate and friend, Ben Sandoval, and I to go to a high school journalism workshop at the University...

High Schools Switch to Wooden Baseball Bats

    Over 85 percent of the state’s high school baseball coaches were in favor of implementing the use of wood and composite wood bats...

Just Wingin’ It

    From under her tarp set up at the turnoff to Brushy Point at Heron Lake State Park, volunteer Wendy Forster had three spotting...

Dad Accused of Shooting Up Son

    The father of a 9-year-old Chimayó boy is accused of injecting heroin into his son’s neck, leaving track marks the rest of his...

County Manager Accused of Office Battery

    Henrietta Smith, a 59-year-old Rio Arriba County Planning and Zoning Department map review specialist, accused County Manager Tomas Campos of battery for allegedly...

Orlando Almeida-Rivera

   Orlando Almeida-Rivera, 19, Alcalde, died Monday, July 4, 2011.     He is survived by his parents, Juan and Olga Almeida-Rivera; brothers, Omar, Edgar and...

Paul S. Ortiz

    Paul S. Ortiz, 75, a lifelong resident of Alcalde, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011.     Mr. Ortiz was born Aug. 18, 1935 and was...

Second Time’s a Charm for Maruska

    After a three-hour closed session that ended close to 10 p.m. Monday night, the Española School Board unanimously appointed a new superintendent for...