Whitney Jones

Council Hits Slump, Passing Single Ordinance in 2011

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    The Española City Council started off strong last year passing ordinances for the city but has been in a legislative slump since 2011...

Gas Company Failed to Question Missed Shipments

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    The night before natural gas service was cut off to nearly 30,000 Northern New Mexicans in the middle of winter, the New Mexico...

From the Rest Room to the Rio Grande

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    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

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

City Sets Sights on Abandoned Buildings

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    Abandoned and dilapidated buildings plague the city of Española, but some in the city are stirring to make a change.     City Planning and...

No Such Thing as Free Lunch for Seniors. Or a $2 Lunch.

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    Some Española Valley senior citizens are furious about potentially having to pay more to eat lunch at the city-run Española Senior Center.     The...

City Budget Slashed

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    The Española City Council is playing a financial version of Tetris, shifting around positions and people in an attempt to find $1.4 million...

Finance Plan Draws Outcry from Los Alamos

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    A new funding plan proposed by the North Central Regional Transit District has the District’s Los Alamos District Board member up in arms.    ...

Trying to Turn Vandalism into Art

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    It’s nearly impossible to drive through Española without spotting a patch of graffiti in the form of barely legible scribbles. But there’s a...

Most City Officials Receive Failing Grades

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    The 58 responses to a Rio Grande SUN survey asking readers to grade the city’s governing body dished out mostly failing marks.     Participants...

Case of the Missing Meeting Minutes Stumps City

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    The city of Española has violated the state Open Meetings Act twofold.     The city failed to keep minutes from a June 2010 City...

New Contract Will Keep Española Prisoners Housed Closer to Home

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    Family members of Española’s incarcerated soon won’t have to drive as far to see their loved ones.     Starting March 29, the city began...
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