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‘Pro-Labor’ Council Bashed by Union

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6/4/09     A group of about 30 city of Española employees crowded the City Council chambers to challenge councilors to make good on the pro-labor...

City To Crack Down on Street Vendors

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7/2/09     Code enforcement officers have begun patrolling Española every weekend to ensure street vendors are following city laws.     City law allows street-side vending, provided...

City May Push Tax Increase To Fund New Library

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5/21/09     The Española Public Library Board rolled out plans May 7 for a brand-new library that would likely be financed by a bond to...

Two Housing Projects Protested

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6/4/09     A driveway and sidewalk construction project in two Española public housing neighborhoods was halted within days of construction due to bid protests from...

Chimayó Man Lobbies President During Visit

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5/21/09     A year ago, Mateo Peixinho gathered with a small group of Chimayó residents and started making “Obamanos” signs for then-senator Barack Obama’s presidential...

Politicos Jump at Gov.’s Offer To ‘Do Something Big’

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5/7/09     Student dormitories. An Española Railrunner stop. A really, really big recreation center.     Española politicians and bureaucrats shifted giddily in their seats and rattled...

Jackpot Claim Called ‘Bogus’

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5/14/09     Anthony Vigil showed up at the Okhay Casino with $60 in his pocket and, for a second, thought he would come home with...

Pueblo Overpass Could Bloat Budget

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    The fifth and last portion of the Highway 84/285 reconstruction project remains stalled while the state Highway Department tries to bargain down the...

State Auditor Rejected New Finance Director

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5/14/09     Fewer than two months before Andrew J. Perkins applied to become the city of Española’s finance manager, the State Auditor’s Office had stripped...

New Post Office Confuses Some on First Day

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5/14/09     A customer walked in to the new Española Post Office, headed straight to the spot where his box had been located at the...

Spider Bite Lawsuit Dismissed Against City

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5/14/09     A federal judge agreed to dismiss a former Rio Arriba County Jail inmate’s lawsuit against the city of Española after the city agreed...

Ohkay Casino Wins $250,000 Jackpot Dispute

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5/14/09     A state Appeals Court judge has ruled an Española man cannot sue Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo’s Tsay Corporation in state District Court for refusing...
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