Michael Gisick

18-Year Dispute Ends With Land Exchange

5/12/05     Ending an 18 year dispute, Rio Arriba County has agreed to hand over County Road 0335 to the Jicarilla Apache Nation in exchange...

City Gives Fiesta $5,000; Demands Accountability

6/2/05 With fiesta season approaching, Española city councilors last week expressed serious concerns over the financial accountability of the city's fiesta council, and said the...

Española City Clerk Resigns

5/5/05     In a move many at city hall are taking as on omen for the political futre of Mayor Richard Lucero, Española City Clerk...

Suit: Gov.’s Office Mandated Some Public Safety Hiring

5/5/05     A former deputy director of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety has filed a lawuit against Department Secretary John Denko. The suit...

Española Developers Feud

5/12/05     Española developers Richard Cook and Dr. Lindy Akes are suing each other over a stop light, a water line, and $100,000.     The dueling...

Popé Sent on His Way

5/26/05 Much has changed in the 325 years since a spiritual leader named Popé coordinated a daring, and successful, uprising of the northern Pueblos against...

Cities, Pueblos Want to Control Water

5/5/05     For 30 years, the San Juan-Chama water diversion project has carried water from the Colorado River basin to communities in northern and central...

Fight to the Death

6/2/05 Simón Balderrama had lived a long life by the time he died last month at the Española Hospital. After coming north from Moris, México, at...

Power Surge Nails Museum

5/5/05     The insurance company representing Jemez Mountain Electrical Cooperative is refusing to pay for damages after an electrical malfunction last year allegedly destroyed as...

Controversy Follows Statue to Washington

5/12/05     The leader of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt is finally ready to begin his journey to Washington, DC.     A seven-foot tall, two-ton statue of...

‘Can’t We Put a 1/4-Cent Tax on Something?’

5/12/05     Zero members of the public attended a city of Española budget hearing Monday, where city councilors gave preliminary approval plans for spending more...

Feds to Start Cleaning Toxic Site

6/2/05 Clean-up of a toxic waste plume that has contaminated more than 280 million gallons of drinking water beneath Española is slated to begin in...

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