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City Dips into Cash Savings To Balance Budget

    Dropping revenue and rising costs mean the city of Española will have to dig into tens of thousands of dollars in cash saved...

Body Found Behind Lotaburger

    Española Police are awaiting an autopsy report to determine the cause of death of a 34-year-old man whose body was found May 27...

Rio Arriba Boasts Avian Abundance

Bird watchers may overlook New Mexico as a destination, but the Land of Enchantment boasts at least 523 different species. Rio Arriba County is...

Lucrative Legal Services Contract Awarded to Same County Attorney Who Has Held Contract for Last Eight Years

    Rio Arriba County’s has awarded a lucrative legal services contract to its current attorney after he was the only one to bid on...

Couple Sues County over Mold in Public Housing

    Two residents of the Rio Arriba County low-income housing development in Ojo Caliente have filed suit in federal District Court against the County...

Why Show Up for Last Day of School?

    The halls at the Española Middle School were a bit emptier May 29 during the last day of school.     The school’s principal, Lewis...

First-Time Mothers Showered with Gifts

    The party had all the usual trappings of a baby shower — a group of women, cupcakes, a stack of tiny clothes and...

Inmate Escapes Española Jail Through Open Door

    An inmate who escaped twice from Española authorities Monday was captured west of Hernandez after more than a two-hour manhunt and flown back...

Bingaman’s Bill Encourages Stewardship

Editor:     Those of us who can trace our roots back to the dawn of New Mexico are lucky. We have inherited many of the...

Write A Check

Editor:     Regarding the article “Hunting Fee Increase Flows into Bank Coffers,” (Rio Grande SUN, May 28, 2009, page B1) the application fee increases are...

County Can’t Get Story Straight on Toxic Mold in Public Housing Units

    Rio Arriba County officials claim their low-income public housing units do not have toxic mold despite County-commissioned lab tests identifying at least four...

Attorney’s Son Arrested for DUI, Escapes from Officer

    As Española attorney Tony Scarborough was in the middle of his successful defense of Joel Montalvo May 27, Scarborough’s son was sending police...