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Vigil Drops Out of Only Contested Española School Board Race

    The race for the two available seats on the Española School Board suddenly got a lot less exciting.     Former Española Housing Authority director...

Mr. Presciliano Martinez

Mr. Presciliano Martinez, 80 of Medanales, died peacefully on Monday December 22, 2008. Mr. Martinez enjoyed ranching and the outdoors. He worked for the N.M....

Eagle Watch Set for Saturday at Abiquiú Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Abiquiú Lake will host its third annual Midwinter Eagle Watch Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon.     ...

Agencies Line Up for Obama Aid

    With President-elect Barack Obama proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in aid for infrastructure projects across the country, government entities in Rio Arriba...

Churches Fail the Homeless

Richard Martinez Editor:     To those who would have profited from a homeless shelter in Chimayó, I tried! A few weeks after my return to California...

Marcos Padilla

Marcos Padilla, 30, Santa Cruz, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008.    He was preceded in death by his father, Antonio Natividad Padilla. Mr. Padilla was a...

PRC Investigates Jemez Co-op and Tri-State over Power Outages

    The state Public Regulation Commission is investigating the causes of repeated power outages that affected 25,000 Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative consumers in Rio...

Inmate Hangs Himself Day after Christmas

    A Rio Arriba County Jail inmate who had been incarcerated for allegedly selling his family’s Christmas presents hung himself in jail the day...

Jesus M. Ferran,

Jesus M. Ferran, 25, Hernandez, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Julius Ferran and Ascension Romero; maternal...

Governments Fork over Thousands To Help Mariachis Get to Inauguration

    Española Valley High School’s Mariachi Sol del Valle needs to raise roughly $25,000 for its travel expenses when it plays at President-elect Barack...

ERNESTO SALAZAR

ERNESTO SALAZAR, 86, a resident of Hernandez, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2008 following a lengthy illness. Ernesto enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening and picking...

Disaster Declared in Rio Arriba after Snowstorm

    The Rio Arriba County Commission issued a disaster declaration on Dec. 27 after heavy snows hit Chama and much of the rest of...