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City’s Water Department Collects $550,000 In Delinquent Bills

    City of Española officials have have collected payments from more than half of the water accounts that had been delinquent since the beginning...

Council Votes Interim Fire Chief in As Permanent

   The wife of Española Interim Fire Chief Ron Padilla held the Bible as the Honorable Judge Stephen Salazar swore him into the Española...

Española Mayor Unhappy with Governor’s Remarks

    In an Aug. 27 COVID-19 press conference, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham commented on what she saw to be a total lack of mask...

Man Charged with Kicking Woman with Steel-toed Boots

  Editor's note: This is a corrected version of the story that ran in print. The charged man in this story is Constantine Tzortzis's...

City Councilors Allege Bullying over Past Votes

  Española Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Tim Salazar and another councilor are alleging that other elected officials bullied him because of two of his...

District Judge Dismisses Muni Judge’s Lawsuit Against City

   A district court judge denied Española Municipal Judge Stephen Salazar’s lawsuit filed against the city of Española and all 10 City Council members...

Picking up Threads of Their History

  To break up the monotony of the pandemic summer and to educate children in Rio Arriba about their agricultural heritage, the County Cooperative...

City Committee Approves School Resource Officer Plan

 When Española students return to school in person on Sept. 14, two school resource officers (SROs) from the Espanola Police Department will start the...

City Inks Contract for Accessibility Study

   The ADA Transition Plan to make parts of the city of Española more accessible to elderly and disabled people is officially underway.     City...

Two Revenue Sources Soft in E-911 Budget

    The Española/Rio Arriba County E-911 Board passed a trimmed $905,727 budget at its July 30 meeting but there were some hard questions to...

Judge Sues City Council over Budget Cuts

    Española Municipal Judge Stephen Salazar filed a lawsuit suit against the city of Española and 10 City Council members after they voted on...

Woman Loses Home and Cat in Alleged Arson by Ex

   Española Resident Marianne Griego has been experiencing homelessness since June 19 when her ex-boyfriend allegedly set her house on fire, with her cat...

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