Kristin McFarland

Police Brutality, Excessive ForceAlleged in Tort Claims Against City

    The following tort claims, or threats to sue, have been filed in July with the city of Española:     The family of a pedestrian...

Back to His Old Stomping Grounds;Old Water Foreman Returns to City

    Former water services director Marvin Martinez will return to the city of Española Aug. 23 as public works director.     The job was offered...

Public Works Director Quits without Warning

    Española Public Works Director Ben Ortega resigned suddenly July 23, just one month after he was passed over for the city’s top administrative...

City Tosses Trash Authority Small Bone

    Aside from a one-time payment of $50,000, the city of Española will not be helping the North Central Solid Waste Authority secure loans...

City Staff Cuts FY2010 Budget Another $360K

    The Española City Council approved July 28 a budget for fiscal year 2011 that will leave three police positions vacant and carries the...

Ten Summers of Stage Three

    The city of Española is spending its tenth consecutive summer on Stage 3 water restrictions, a mandatory water management plan that limits residential...

Cuatro Villas Seeks To Close Loop

    Cuatro Villas Mutual Domestic Water Users Association plans to complete a loop of water lines in the Sombrillo area by building the final...

City Pays Albuquerque Firm $42K to Refinance Old Bonds

    The city of Española may pay a bond company $40,000 up front to save itself $37,000 a year by refinancing its existing debt.    ...

Jilted Center Finds New Home

    Española’s Misión y Convento is now home to the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center, formerly the Arts Center at Fuller Lodge, which...

Animal Shelter Comes up Short on City Budget

    The city of Española and the Española Valley Humane Society have signed a contract that will keep the Humane Society operating the city’s...

City Ready to Build Parking Lot

    A year after the City Council approved the state Highway Department’s plans, construction has begun on the new location of the Española Park...

Building Horno Brick by Brick

    Antonio War giggles as he flips straw-filled mud at his cousin Jessy Archuleta.     “It’s messy,” Archuleta, 16, says, wiping a mud-spot on her...

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