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Incumbents Win Easily in 2020 Española Elections

Incumbents won the day during the 2020 Española municipal elections, in which fewer than one in six registered voters in the city participated. District 1...

Española Municipal Court Offers Bench Warrant Amnesty

Those with outstanding warrants in Española Municipal Court for offenses such as failure to appear or nonpayment of traffic tickets can have their warrants...

Former City Utility Billing Supervisor Gets $500,000 Settlement

Former Española Utilities Department billing supervisor Nadine Trujillo settled her whistleblower lawsuit against the city of Española for $500,000, according to two sources familiar...

Bill Would Fund El Camino Real Preservation

A house bill in the New Mexico Legislature is seeking to garner recognition for El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. Sponsored by Rep. G. Andres...

2020 Española Municipal Election Q&A

All but one of the candidates in contested races for the Española City Council answered the same set of five questions over the phone...

Supporters Lay Veteran to Rest

When James Griffin passed away at the age of 87, he was inside his Los Alamos home—alone. And for weeks after his death, Griffin...

Compassion Guides These Hearts

   Jeff Padilla’s group Compassion Through Action is populated by caring people who have their bi-monthly drill down to a science. The Española community...

Acequias Could Have Say on Development

    A June application for a city ordinance that would give acequia commissions say about development on irrigable land is still pending approval from...

ACLU Once Again Turns Back Councilors

   Española city councilors tried for the second time in two years to prohibit panhandling along medians within city limits, and for the second...

In Email, Deputy Chief Questions Sheriff’s Ethics

Española Police Department Deputy Chief Roger Jimenez was none too happy about Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan speaking publicly in opposition to him...

Council Denies Deputy Chief Promotion

The Española City Council refused to promote Deputy Police Chief Roger Jimenez as the leader of the city government’s Department of Public Safety. Forty-four days...

County Eyes Former Nursing Home

Rio Arriba County officials are in negotiations to purchase the building that formerly housed the Española Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The plan is to...

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