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Area Teams Look to Make Mark at Tourney

By Glen Rosales Special to the SUN In a rare move, the original girls Class 4A state basketball tournament bracket was reshuffled just three days before...

Dennis Tim Salazar Unseats Española Mayor

Dennis Tim Salazar is the next mayor of Española.

4 Local Squads Head Into State Play

Boys high school hoops fans will have plenty of teams to rally around as four local squads have gained at least another week of play with the state tournament tipping off Saturday at home sites.

Vigil is Out

Incumbent mayor John Ramon Vigil lost the mayor's seat to Dennis Tim Salazar in Tuesday's election Dennis Tim Salazar is the next mayor of Española.  Salazar...

Daddy/Daughter Dance

About 100 people attended the Daddy/Daughter Dance on Valentine’s Day on the McCurdy campus. The event was sponsored by several area businesses and offered...

Northern Briefs 2/26/26

Items for Northern Briefs may be submitted by sending them to jgarcia@riograndesun.com Submissions must be received no later than noon Monday for publication...

Try Dates in These Cookie Bars

One of the first recipes I ever wrote for a cooking column, including for this series, was my oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. When I made...

Study Looks at Growing Saffron With Chile

LAS CRUCES — A researcher at New Mexico State University known for his saffron research projects in Northern New Mexico is exploring how the...

Pets of the Week 2/26/26

Pacquiao is a 4-year-old black-and-white heartthrob with a champion’s comeback story. He got his name the day he arrived, front paws wrapped up from...

Truchas Woman Ordered to In-Patient Program

A Truchas woman pleaded guilty in four cases where she had been held without bail since March 2025 after being found a danger to...

Superintendent’s Son Also Put on Leave From Escalante

An Escalante High/Middle School teacher and football coach said false allegations of inappropriate conduct with a student left him on leave from his job,...

Mold Removal Continues at Middle School

Reports first surfaced in October and work began in December, but a January test revealed two problem areas The battle to remove mold from areas...