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VIDEO: Harvesting Christmas Trees

Alcalde residents Joseph Montoya and Jeff Medina each bought tree-cutting permits Dec. 12 from the U.S. Forest Service ranger station in El Rito, then...

Light Parade Draws Crowd

    Despite temperatures that dipped well below freezing Dec. 5, crowds along Paseo de Oñate were packed elbow-to-elbow to view the 14th Annual Española...

Winter Blast Strikes Northern New Mexico

    A winter storm struck Northern New Mexico Monday, causing school delays throughout Rio Arriba County. The Jemez Mountain, Chama Valley, Mesa Vista, Dulce...

Bees Should Be Underway

    Schools should be holding their school spelling bees now in preparation for the 2010 Rio Arriba County spelling bee sponsored by the Rio...

A Journey Home

    When Victor Alvarez boarded a flight from Cuba to Spain 43 years ago, he did not know whether he would ever see his...

Adoption Fair Successful for Shelter

   Sixty felines have a lot to be grateful for today. They moved out of the Española Animal Shelter last weekend and are spending...

Kindergarten Teacher Turns 100

By R. Braiden Trapp Jack and Jill Graduate     Longtime sole proprietor of and teacher at Jack and Jill Kindergarten, Ethel Medina, turned 100 years old...

Shelter May Have to Kill 50 Cats

    The lives of 50 cats are at stake in the Española Valley Humane Society’s Second Chance Cat Adoption Fair this weekend.     The cats...

House Passes Health Insurance Reform Bill

A federal health insurance reform bill that would create a public health insurance plan passed the United States House of Representatives Nov. 7 by...

‘Interim’ Dropped from Romero’s Title

    After spending five months as interim administrator, the Española Hospital has removed the interim from 23-year hospital employee Brenda Romero’s title.     Romero, who...

A Chimayó Tradition

    Among a tight-knit group of friends in the Chimayó area, celebrating newborn babies is a work of art.     For more than three decades...

District-Wide PAC Seeks More Parents

    Parents in the Española School District are trying once more to round up support for a District-wide parent advisory committee.     Alicia Gasca, the...

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