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City Adopts Code of Conduct Ordinance

    Española’s elected officials, city employees and private contractors will have to disclose any conflicts of interest under a new ordinance adopted by the...

Picking Tails Sometimes Fails

    Two companies offered to auction vehicles and equipment owned by the city of Española for the same price, so city officials chose one...

Saving Lives One Turn at a Time

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Capt. Billy Merrifield responded to a report of a 34-year-old man who punched a window, on Oct. 25, 2015.   ...

City Seeks $1 Million Loan

    More than a hundred homes in the city of Española along State Road 76 are not connected to the municipal sewer system, and...

Former Employees Sue City, Mayor

    Two former city of Española employees say they were fired because they questioned illegal and unethical actions by Mayor Alice Lucero.     In a...

Ex-Director Accused Of Embezzlement

    City of Española police are investigating the alleged embezzlement of about $100,000 from the Northern New Mexico Regional Arts Center.     Española Police Officer...

Animal Shelter Hires Deputy Director

    Four months into his job as deputy director of the Española Valley Humane Society, Karl Ferguson is reorienting the organization’s fundraising efforts and...

City Pays Double for Lawyers

    Nearly five months after Española city councilors hired a law firm without comparing their fee to a competitor, they have agreed to pay...

Turkey Time

Ordinance Would Shrink Council

    City of Española voters could decide in March, whether to shrink the size of the Española City Council from eight seats, to four.   ...

Grant Allocated for City Roof Repairs Falls Through

    The roofs of the Misión y Convento at the Plaza de Española, and one other city-owned building, are getting so old that city...

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