Whitney Jones

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...

Saving San Pedro

    The century-old adobe San Pedro Church is undergoing some major repairs in an effort to preserve it.     The Catholic church was built in...

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...

After Hesitation, RTD Board Keeps Interim Boss

    After an arduous months-long search, the North Central Regional Transit District Board voted Sept. 2 to keep Tony Mortillaro as the District’s executive...

Who Needs Eminent Domain?

    The narrow dirt road is a throwback to Española’s history, but Pacheco Lane is also the source of a more than 20-year dispute...

Facing County Demands, City Explores Trash Options

    After threats from Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alfredo Montoya Sept. 27 to cut the city out of the North Central Solid Waste Authority,...

Fiesta Council Under-Budget

    The Española Fiesta Council emerged from a travel-filled Fiesta season $10,000 in the black.     Council Treasurer Judy Martinez said she was hoping to...

Wal-Mart Sticks with Illegal Sign Proposal

    After an initial meeting last month with the city of Española’s Planning and Zoning Commission, Wal-Mart returned Oct. 13 to check-in on a...

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