R. Braiden Trapp

Santa Fe Authority Keeps Low-Income Housing

Española city councilors Monday night voted 7-1 on a new lease for all three of its low income housing neighborhoods to Santa Fe Civic...

Last Member Finally Approved for City Council

The Española city council united Monday night and in an 8-0 vote, approved Mayor Alice Lucero’s appointment of John Hernandez to replace councilor Cecilia...

Blue Star Mothers Excel at Art of Box-Stuffing

Precision in packing was the order for the day as the local Blue Star Mothers gathered June 15 at McCurdy School cafeteria to fill...

Head to OverlookFor Fireworks Fix

    We offer a final pleading to those considering fireworks over the next few weeks. Please, just don’t.     Every summer stretching back to 2006,...

City Passes $90K in Road Fixes

Española city councilors approved 4-0 at its June 10 meeting the only submitted bid for emergency road repairs on Hunter Street and Calle Chavez....

Fired Is Not An Opinion

    If you live in Abiquiú or any area covered by the Abiquiú Volunteer Fire Department, former Abiquiú volunter fire chief Paulette Jordan’s letter...

No DMV Survey Needed

    There are two governmental institutions sure to bring a grimace to anyone’s face and a groan that comes from their very soul: the...

New Superintendent Has Plan;Will He Use It?

    We need to make a correction to a May 23 editorial regarding the 80 teachers the Española School Board was considering to lay...

Where’s the Training?

    Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you’re on, you must look at the Netroots Nation conference story on page B1 and...

Art of PoliticsLost on City Leaders

    Politics is the art of compromise and negotiating. It gets messy more often than not and creates some unseemly people along the way....

Ticket Fixing

    It’s a safe assumption we all know someone who has not taken care of a speeding ticket. Maybe they forgot; maybe the court...

Councilors Approving ChecksNot Helpful

    No one can argue against accountability in public spending. Pick a public body and you’re sure to find some problems we would all...

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