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How To Vote In Co-op Election

SUN Staff Report 6/18/09     Just because you pay more than one electric bill each month doesn’t mean you’re entitled to more than one vote in...

Eastern Grad Earns Top Honors

From a press release 5/21/09     Juan Orozco Rodriguez, of Española, is among the 322 graduation candidates at Eastern New Mexico University this spring.     Rodriguez is...

Mining Likely To Continue at Controversial Velarde Mine

6/18/09     Despite opposition by Velarde residents and Rio Arriba County commissioners, the State Land Office will likely issue a new lease that will allow...

Velarde Siblings Excel in Academics

From a press release 6/25/09     Siblings Micayela and Alejandro Martinez were recognized recently for their scholastic achievements.     Micayela Martinez, a junior at the University of...

Unwelcome Stranger Smoking Crack in Man’s Yard

  6/11/09   Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: No Shirt, No Service Monday,...

Trip Respects History in T.A. Restoration Projects

7/9/09     Within moments of first seeing the abandoned Jose Martinez Mercantile Building behind the Tierra Amarilla Courthouse 10 years ago, Paul Namkung knew he...

County Ordered To Close Lybrook Station, Return Money

5/21/09     The state Fire Marshal’s office is demanding that Rio Arriba County return $182,059 allocated for the long-defunct Lybrook Volunteer Fire Department.     State Deputy...

Council Fumes over Program’s Failure To Spend Money

5/28/09     Out of hundreds of items in the city of Española’s 200-plus page, $10.7 million budget for the 2010 fiscal year, one $66,500 item...

Rio Arriba’s Rodeo Queen To Pass the Torch

6/18/09     Amy Tainter's reign as Rio Arriba County Rodeo Queen will end June 20 when she hands over her crown to Michelle Herrera at...

Garcia Named ‘Kid Who Cares’ for 2009

From a press release 6/25/09     Pojoaque Middle School seventh-grader Desiree Garcia has been awarded the 2009 Kohl’s Kids Who Care award.     In December 2008, as...

City Sludge May Have Contaminated Local Farms

7/9/09     Española city officials gave three local farmers treated human waste produced at the city’s sewer plant that violated federal standards.     The farmers, Armando...

Prescribed Burn Targets Wind Mountains

From a press release 5/28/09     The Taos field office of the federal Bureau of Land Management is continuing its use of prescribed fire to reduce...