Whitney Jones

Website Reignites Spelling Debate: Tilde or No Tilde?

    Española’s nomenclature is the source of a recent kerfuffle on the popular website Wikipedia.     In an email to the Rio Grande SUN, Wikipedia...

Sikh Sues Hospital for Bias

    A former employee has accused Española Hospital of religious discrimination in an American Civil Liberties Union complaint filed last week with the federal...

Under New Leader, RTD Approves Alternate Funding Formula

    In the wake of former executive director Josette Lucero’s early retirement from the North Central Regional Transit District last month, the District’s Board...

RTD OKs Administration-Heavy Budget

    The North Central Regional Transit District approved an $11.8 million budget May 20 for the upcoming fiscal year, less than two weeks before...

Trial Set in City Embezzlement Case

    Two years after an embezzlement scandal rocked Española City Hall, the accused are ready to stand trial.     Former finance director Josie Lujan, payroll...

Jail Savings Divvied Up in City Budget

    After two months of negotiations to slash spending by three quarters of a million dollars, the city of Española is ready to send...

Neighbors Ruffled by Hospital Expansion Plans

    A looming expansion project at Española Hospital has some nearby residents concerned about increased noise levels if the hospital follows through on plans...

Recycling Often Overlooked in Española

    “Fear not because people do have options,” said Mike Smith.     Smith is the manager of the Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station, the...

Pojoaque Boys Dominate Season-Opening Race

    Eight teams kicked off the 2011 cross country season Aug. 27 in the Española Valley High School Cross Country Invitational.     Veteran Pojoaque Valley...

The Artful Dodger?

    The city of Española is paying the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center $60,000 this fiscal year to run the Española Plaza and...

From the Rest Room to the Rio Grande

    When you flush the toilet after using the rest room all that waste doesn’t just disappear deep beneath the earth. It goes through...

Board Member Proposes Blue Bus Funding Shake-up

    A scramble to put together next fiscal year’s budget has the North Central Regional Transit District looking into an alternate funding formula.     Currently,...

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