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County Plans To Extend Drilling Ban

    Rio Arriba County is poised to extend its moratorium on drilling for oil and gas to give County officials more time to develop...

An Espanola All-American

From a press release     Aaron LaBadie, of Española, has been named an All-American scholar by the United States Achievement Academy for his academic performance...

Co-op Head Suspended Over Secretary

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative’s executive committee decided to suspend General Manager Jerry Mascareñas for three days last month because his secretary spent...

SUN Seeks Gardening Columnist

    The Rio Grande SUN is seeking a writer with a green thumb to contribute original, monthly articles on home gardening techniques specific to...

Unlikely Candidate Emerges for City’s Top Post

    The city of Española might not have needed to spend $10,000 in a search for its next city manager after all.     A majority...

Espanola Schools Fail

    All but three Española School District schools failed to meet state standards under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to standardized...

Bike Day Scheduled for Saturday

    The deadline to submit a Northern Brief is Monday at noon, the week of publication. Any submissions after that day will not run...

McCurdy Softball Team Raises Eyebrows with Run at St. Mikes Tourney

    McCurdy School’s softball team, led by star pitcher Rikki Ortiz, raised a lot of eyebrows by advancing to the championship game of the...

Preserving a Way of Life

    Early the morning of March 21, a line of 34 parciantes of the Acequia de la Cañada Ancha made their way down a...

Winter’s Last Hurrah?

    The powerful spring storm that hit Northern New Mexico from March 26 to 28 forced the cancellation of high school athletic events and...

Brazos Man Allegedly Shoots His Brother

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies are still sorting out exactly what happened in a shooting between two brothers Monday that landed one in...

Successful Fund-Raisers, Big Crowd Put Espanola Fiesta Council in Black

    With the Española Fiesta several weeks behind it, the Fiesta Council is currently $2,780 in the black, but legislative and municipal funding could...