Rio Arriba Deputies Involved in Fatal Chimayó Shooting

By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN A 60-year-old Chimayó man is dead after being shot by Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies June 25 in Chimayó,...

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GPS ‘Jamming’ Led to Fatal Capitan Plane CrashAdrian HeddenEl Rito Mediaachedden@elritomedia.com The crash that killed four crew members aboard a medical plane in Capitan last month could have resulted from radio jamming at nearby White Sands Missile...

‘Roadless Rule’ Could Affect Lincoln National Forest

Adrian HeddenEl Rito Mediaachedden@currentargus.com The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are working to abolish a federal regulation that restricts road construction and logging on public land in New Mexico.The so-called “Roadless Rule,” adopted in 2001 by...

Rio Arriba Deputies Involved in Fatal Chimayó Shooting

By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN A 60-year-old Chimayó man is dead after being shot by Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies June 25 in Chimayó, following a report that he was chasing his partner with a knife. New...

Aunt Seizes the Moment for a Beat-Down

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily...
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By Tom Wright Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part column series by Tom Wright, a regular contributor to El Rito Media, commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary. Such are the last words and pledge of the...

New Mexico: ‘A Brilliant Destiny Awaits Her’

By Sherry RobinsonAll She Wrote As we observe the nation’s 250th anniversary, historians focus on the East Coast, but New Mexico has proud moments too. Return with me to 1851, when New Mexico became a territory of...

Is the State of California Reaching Critical Mass?

Victor Davis HansonTribune Content Agency By any measure, California is a failed state--and a national embarrassment.Taxes? It has the highest income and gas taxes in the nation.Roads? A Reason Foundation survey ranks it 49th among the states.Mass...

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Secretary of Agriculture Distributes Directives

From a Press Release Washington, D.C. ­— U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced, June 12, the distribution of a comprehensive directive to all...

Crash Stokes Wildfire

GPS ‘Jamming’ Led to Fatal Capitan Plane CrashAdrian HeddenEl Rito Mediaachedden@elritomedia.com The crash that killed four crew members aboard a medical plane in Capitan last...

‘Roadless Rule’ Could Affect Lincoln National Forest

Adrian HeddenEl Rito Mediaachedden@currentargus.com The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are working to abolish a federal regulation that restricts road construction and logging on...

Rio Arriba Deputies Involved in Fatal Chimayó Shooting

By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN A 60-year-old Chimayó man is dead after being shot by Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies June 25 in Chimayó,...

Aunt Seizes the Moment for a Beat-Down

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration...

2026 Scholarships Awarded to 3 Outstanding Escalante Students

From a Press Release Chama Peak Land Alliance (CPLA), a group of conservation-minded land owners committed to embracing and practicing responsible land, water and wildlife...

Northern Briefs 6/25/26

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...

Is the State of California Reaching Critical Mass?

Victor Davis HansonTribune Content Agency By any measure, California is a failed state--and a national embarrassment.Taxes? It has the highest income and gas taxes in...

New Mexico: ‘A Brilliant Destiny Awaits Her’

By Sherry RobinsonAll She Wrote As we observe the nation’s 250th anniversary, historians focus on the East Coast, but New Mexico has proud moments too....

‘Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor’

By Tom Wright Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part column series by Tom Wright, a regular contributor to El Rito Media, commemorating...

Woman’s Murder Trial Set for July

By Wheeler CowperthwaiteSpecial to the SUN Stephanie Salazar is set to go to trial on a murder charge for the second time in July.Salazar, 36,...

Exploring the Mesa

Miles Barth SUN Staff Writer Summer interns learn about Petroglyphs The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project welcomed 11 high school-aged summer interns between June 8-19, for...