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Work Continues on Industrial Park Road

    The Industrial Park Road construction project will not be completed until the end of the summer with a price tag at least $60,000...

Public Works Director Quits without Warning

    Española Public Works Director Ben Ortega resigned suddenly July 23, just one month after he was passed over for the city’s top administrative...

County Muffs Tax Increase Attempt

    The details of a tax increase passed last month by the Rio Arriba County Commission remains murky because County officials forgot to list...

Española’s Habitat Celebrates Women Build Week

    Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build week brought together women of different ages and nationalities to build a house for a woman and...

Single Homes May Be Allowed under Moratorium

    Landowners who want to put homes on their agricultural land in Rio Arriba County would no longer be barred from doing so under...

Ayudantes Closes Doors At Three Locations; Selling Assets to Pay Debt

    Ayudantes, a mental health facility that had offices in Española, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, June 30 permanently ceased operations at all locations.    ...

Winners Outspent Big in County Races

    The winners in the two Rio Arriba County Commission races June 1 were also the biggest campaign spenders, according to reports submitted to...

City Hall Going Geothermal

    The Española City Hall is going green.     Funded by a $500,000 stimulus grant from the federal Energy Department awarded in November 2009, the...

Sole Source Bid Goes to Board Member’s Family

    The Chama School Board voted June 22 to grant an $80-an-hour contract to a company owned by the family of one of the...

Suspected Overdose

SUN Staff Report     Española Police suspect a 27-year-old El Llano man died Sunday of a drug overdose.     Police were called to a Canada Court...

Former Authority Head Has Financially Troubled Past

    The private contractor who racked up almost $2.3 million in debt while he managed North Central Solid Waste Authority has a history of...

Woman Shoots Boyfriend In Defense

    An Abiquiú woman shot her boyfriend July 9 in self-defense, according to State Police Sgt. Arcenio Chavez.     Andria Trujillo, 35, allegedly shot Jerome...