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City Cuts Down Pork Requests

    The Española City Council has shaved more than $1 million off its proposed capital outlay requests in light of the state’s economic downturn.    ...

Española Valley High School Students Run Store that Makes a Profit, Teaches Skills

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     Lonnie Montoya ran to the cash register, three hot hamburgers in hand, took a fistful of $1 bills from...

Lybrook Fire Department To Stay Open – At Least for Now

    Lybrook volunteer firefighters may get another chance to rejuvenate their long-dormant department after the Rio Arriba County Commission decided Oct. 30 not to...

Española Mayor Pro Tem/Chamber Director Double Bills City and State

    A bill from the Española Valley Chamber of Commerce to the city of Española is under investigation after city officials discovered the Chamber...

Santa Cruz Water District To Fight Water Transfers to the City

    The city of Española has hit a snag in its plans to purchase about five acre feet of surface-water rights within the Santa...

Carmelita M. Trujillo

    Carmelita M. Trujillo, 92, Chimayó, died Saturday, November 8, 2008 following a lengthy illness.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Natividad...

Española School District Salaries

    The salaries listed below include all employees contracted for the 2008-09 fiscal year. The annual salaries come directly from records provided by the...

Española Hospital Nurse Wins Award

    Twenty-three years of service to Española Hospital has earned one nurse statewide recognition.     Brenda Romero, director of nursing services at the hospital, was...

Faulty Wiring Causes Fire That Destroys San Pedro Home

    Faulty electrical wiring is being blamed for a Nov. 7 fire that burned down a mobile home in San Pedro.     Maitai Garcia lived...

County Sets Up Fee System for Movie Productions

    The Rio Arriba County Commission adopted a filming ordinance Oct. 30 that will attempt to regulate movie production in the County for the...

Police Find Escaped Inmate in Car with Girlfriend and Sister

    Española Police Department’s new holding facility had its first prisoner escape Monday.     Fernando Espinoza, 24, of Santa Cruz, used a handcuff key to...

Schools Statewide Could Lose Construction Funds

Jose de Wit SUN Staff Writer     A cost-cutting plan recently released by Gov. Bill Richardson put school districts’ unused legislative capital outlay funding on the...