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,...
SUN Staff Report
The Rio fire in Mesa De La Gallina continues to burn, fueled by oak brush and Ponderosa pine. As of Saturday, it was 0% contained.The fire, three miles northeast of Chicoma Mountain, was started...
Adrian HeddenEl Rito Mediaachedden@elritomedia.com
Spencer Fordin knew he wanted to be a sportswriter at age 9.It was an ambitious goal for Fordin, who grew up in what he described as a “blue collar home” in Port Washington,...
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 U.S. Forest Service employees from the Office of the Under Secretary for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Deluvina Geneva Martinez, a lifelong resident of Canjilon, NM, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2026, surrounded by her family. She was born September 9, 1962, in Leadville, Colorado, to Aquilino and Dolores Baca.
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Adrian HeddenEl Rito Mediaachedden@elritomedia.com
Spencer Fordin knew he wanted to be a sportswriter at age 9.It was an ambitious goal for Fordin, who grew up...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration...
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...
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...
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...
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....
