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Band of Brothers

    The Española Valley’s newest Eagle Scouts echoed a similar message after they accepted medals for earning Boys Scouts’ highest honor.     “They will always...

Budget Calls for Salary Increases

8/17/06     The Rio Arriba County Commission has approved a final budget for fiscal year 2006 - 2007 with a cash balance of just over...

Española Schools To Pay More for New Auditor

5/27/10     After being hit with three years of late audits that slammed the Española School District’s financial record-keeping as unreliable, the School Board will...

I’ve Seen a lot of Changes after Five Years at the SUN

Commentary by George Morse     9/14/06 I recently celebrated the end of my fifth year working for the Rio Grande SUN.     It all happened rather quickly five...

Court Decision Allows Logging to Proceed

9/7/06     Environmental groups attempting to stop a logging project in the Carson National Forest lost a legal battle last month.     A federal District Court...

Slight Rate Increase Benefits Schools

SUN Staff Report 8/10/06     School districts and their employees around the state received a small cash windfall last week when the state Public Schools Insurance...

Retaliation Blamed for Drive-By Shooting

8/10/06     A bullet shot through 13-year-old Joshua Phillips' back and into his left arm Sunday when members of the West Side Locos gang sought...

Children Spend Too Much Time Playing Sports

Commentary by George Morse  8/10/06   We are on the eve of the high school sports' fall season.     Practice officially began Aug. 7 at high schools in...

Rio Arriba County’s Declaration of Disaster Does Not Help Residents

8/17/06     A countywide disaster declaration will spell relief only for the Rio Arriba County government.     The County Commission adopted a resolution Tuesday declaring Rio...

Military Academy Cuts Back On Teachers; Adds Computers

9/7/06     When ninth- and 10th-graders enter class at the Española Military Academy, they no longer find rows of desks facing a blackboard. Instead, they're...

Brawl Starts after School

SUN Staff Report 5/27/10     Around 20 people, including some Española Valley High School students, were involved in a street fight May 20 near the high...

Northern Reaches Agreement with Union

8/31/06     Following rough union negotiations, Northern New Mexico College and its employees have agreed to a slightly larger salary raise than the 4.5 percent...