Nick Wilkinson

City Sewer Costs Exceed Plans

2/9/06     The bids are in for a long-awaited expansion of Española's sewer plant. But the city is short at least $662,800.     The low bidder...

New Manager Gets $12k Raise from Mayor

1/26/06     Española Planning Director Marvin Vigil was given a permanent $11,211.20-per-year raise by Mayor Richard Lucero Jan. 5, the same day Lucero made Vigil...

Notaries Erred on Election Papers

3/2/06     Española City Clerk Janette Beesley would not have needed to pull candidates' names from a bowl on candidate filing day Jan. 10 if...

Española Candidates Spend Big-Time on Political Signs

2/2/06     In the battle of political signs for the Española 2006 municipal elections, mayoral candidate Floyd Archuleta and his slate jumped to an early...

Spellbound

1/26/06     The tension was high and the audience was rapt in the final moments of the 2006 Rio Arriba County Spelling Bee, held Jan....

City Asks to Rezone Cook Property

1/26/06     The Española Planning and Zoning Commission approved a request to rezone 103.19 acres owned by Richard Cook on North Riverside Drive and Fairview...

Early Española Voters Offered Cash

2/16/06     A voter said he was paid $15 last week for his early vote in the Española municipal election. The man said he was...

Española Changing Addresses

2/23/06     If you come home to find a new address number attached to your house, you can thank Española employees Steven Trujillo and Vincent...

Española Soup Kitchen Threatened

1/12/06     Española Public Housing Director Leroy Salazar has threatened to kick four area churches out of the facility an area soup kitchen uses to...

New Map of Española Floodplain Complete

1/19/06     The final version of new floodplain maps for the city of Española were accepted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a city planning...

Corps Rejects City, Works With Pueblos on Rio Study

1/12/06     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and three Pueblos will spend $3,726,890 to study possible land improvements along the Rio Grande.     "There's no...

Agreement Another Step Toward Española’s Water Future

2/9/06     The Española city council last month ratified a long-awaited memorandum of understanding with San Juan Pueblo for a water diversion project critical to...

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