Whitney Jones

City Ponies Up for Trash

    Despite cries from Española city councilors and the mayor that the city is too broke to help fund the North Central Solid Waste...

City Boss Pushed Purchasing Violation

    Española City Manager James Lujan played a central role in the city breaking its own procurement policy to re-stucco the exterior of City...

Attorney to City: Redistricting Can Wait

    Despite significant population growth in two voting precincts in the southeast part of the city of Española, city attorney Frank Coppler advised councilors...

No Jail Time In City Theft

    Two years after an embezzlement scandal rattled the city of Española, three ex-police officers walked away scot-free from criminal charges and two former...

State Puts Brakes on Councilor’s Towing Companies

    The state Public Regulation Commission has suspended the operating authority of Española District 4 City Councilor Robert Seeds’s towing companies.     Seeds operates Robert’s...

Block Impeachment Committee Convened

    The state House of Representatives has convened a committee to determine whether embattled state Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block should face impeachment.     The...

Valley Lacks Resources for Women to Learn Self-Defense

    One in four New Mexico women will experience rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes, according to the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual...

Clerk’s Trip Leaves Records in Limbo

    While the Española city clerk attended a conference in Roswell last week, the city was left without a statutorily required public records custodian.    ...

Candidates Line Up to Replace Jerome Block Jr.

    Eighty-four people have applied to the state Public Regulation Commission seat left vacant by former commissioner Jerome Block Jr.     Block stepped down from...

‘We’re Prepared to Sever Our Relationship’

    Rio Arriba County is threatening to dissolve its partnership with the city of Española to operate the North Central Solid Waste Authority if...

Oversight Mechanism Lacking for City Gas Cards

    The city of Española doesn’t have any safeguards in place for its gasoline cards to show what vehicles its employees are filling up...

BANNED

    There’s a crime scene at the Española Public Library.     Caution tape is draped throughout the room and chalk outlines of the deceased cover...

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