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Alcalde Man Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder in 2004 Chili Killing

8/31/06     Dion "Flaco" Martinez faces up to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second degree murder and first degree kidnapping in...

Española Teachers Receive Raises

SUN Staff Report 9/7/06     Veteran teachers in the Española School District will receive a small pay increase following a School Board vote last month.     "It...

Police Arrest Man For Seventh DWI

8/3/06 Patrick Borrego racked up his seventh driving under the influence arrest after he crashed his motorcycle on Trujillo Loop in Española, according to police.    ...

Chimayó Shooting Lawsuit Settled

8/3/06     The family of a Chimayó man shot and killed by a State Police officer in 2004 accepted a settlement agreement in late April....

OMI Rules Cop Died Of Heart Condition

SUN Staff Report 9/7/06     The state Office of the Medical Investigator ruled that the death of Española Police Lt. Manuel Trujillo last February occurred due to...

Feds Probe Three Sheriff’s Candidates

5/27/10     The agency that enforces a federal campaign law is looking into complaints against three Rio Arriba County sheriff candidates who work for the...

Mayor Elected City League’s President

From a press release 9/14/06     City of Española Mayor Joseph Maestas was elected president of the New Mexico Municipal League at the League's 49th annual...

Campaign Contributions Slow to Trickle after Primary

9/7/06     Campaign contributions that poured in before the June election primary have slowed to a trickle for most Rio Arriba County candidates.     None of...

Española Special Ed Director Resigns

SUN Staff Report 8/31/06     The Española School District's special education director has stepped down after only three months on the job.     Pat Martinez Lopez cited...

Montoya, Esparza Neck-and-Neck in Campaign Spending

5/27/10     Local politicos, statewide candidates, and at least one nuclear scientist made recent donations to candidates for Rio Arriba and Santa Fe county offices.    ...

Recent Rains Do Little to Help Santa Cruz Lake Is Drying Up

8/17/06     Heavy rains pounded Rio Arriba County last week, and southern New Mexico is harvesting a bumper crop of green chile. But in the...

Arroyo Seco Man Alleges Prejudice

  8/3/06   Arroyo Seco resident Gene Sanchez filed a discrimination suit against Century Bank in federal court alleging his January 2005 firing was due...