R. Braiden Trapp

Velarde, Alcalde Elementary SchoolsConsolidation Necessary

    Being an elected official is much like being in the newspaper business. It doesn’t matter what you do, in any given week you’ve...

Northern Regents, PresidentLack Fiduciary, Communication Skills

    There’s a southern saying that it’s hard to remember you came out to drain the swamp when you’re waist-deep in alligators. Northern’s Board...

Ticket, Foundation ScamLow, Even for Rodella

    There’s only one person on the planet who knows what goes through Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella’s head as he meanders through...

Small But Mighty Birds Get Homes

    Katherine Eagleson and the park rangers at Abiquiú Dam made life a bit easier for the Falco tinnunculus. Commonly called the American Kestrel,...

School District NeedsLeader with Vision

    The window to apply for the Española School District superintendent’s position closed April 19. As the School Board seeks a new superintendent, it...

Need Movement, AnswersFrom City Hall, Schools

    It’s been a week since the city of Española discovered its recreation director purchased almost $6,000 in baseball equipment for the Española School...

What Does Software Teach?

    Rigorous software. That’s what Española School District believes it purchased at its April 4 meeting for $33,500. Odysseyware is a web-based software that...

Len, Say It Ain’t So

    To those of us on the outside looking down the rabbit hole, it’s been clear for a long time the city of Española...

Are We Done Intervening?

    Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative’s rate case hearing Monday in front of the Public Regulation Commission has been called Kabuki theater by some: little...

More Lead TimeFor Meeting Agenda

    Some rare good news came out of the recent Legislative session: a law signed by the governor March 27 that makes public bodies...

No One LeadingIn Food Tax Dance

    Almost two weeks after its crafting, most New Mexicans are oblivious to the tax increase lurking in their communities. That’s because legislators designed...

Super Ethics NeededTo Hire Superintendent

    Española School District parents, we’ve got a problem.     We’ve said more than once that we can have a strong superintendent and a weak...

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