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Water Store Open Again—for Now

    After 16 long days, Dyna Padilla breathed a huge, albeit tentative, sigh of relief.     Padilla is the owner of The Water Store in...

Divided Council Fails to Pass City Budget

Española Mayor Alice Lucero will present a mostly flat budget to the state Department of Finance and Administration after the city Council failed to...

Mayor’s Walkout Highlighted Council Chasm

Española city councilors definitely aren’t switching sides after Mayor Alice Lucero walked out of a budget review meeting May 21.  The mayor’s walk-out is the...

City Spends $150KOn Trash Bins

   The City of Española will need to spend at least $150,000 of its Environmental Gross Receipts Tax revenue to replace trash cans for...

Store’s Spigot TwistedShut By City Inspectors

   After more than a decade in business, The Water Store on Riverside Drive was shut down May 13 by the city of Española.   ...

Mayor Leaves City Council Hanging

   The city of Española was supposed to approve its 2014 budget at a meeting Tuesday, but it was over almost as soon as...

City VouchersFor March 2013

The city of Española spent $1,600,478.83 between March 1 and March 31. The following is a partial list of those expenditures. Big tickets     $293,491 to...

Door-to-Door Trash PickupStirs Renewed Debate

   The chairman of the Rio Arriba County commission has proposed ending door-to-door trash collection for rural areas of the County, while the other...

City Hall Belatedly Plans for Safety

A violent threat by a disgruntled water customer that put Española’s city hall on lock-down has the city hurrying to implement security procedures.  Currently, city...

Budget Meet Turns Sour as Mayor Drops Bomb

By Jennifer Canfield SUN Staff Writer  Tempers flared and budgets were cut at Española’s May 13 city council meeting.  Mayor Alice Lucero dropped a bomb on the...

After Police, Fire: Don’t Forget Us, Workers Say

While the city of Española is feeling a bit of financial relief thanks to steadily increasing Gross Receipts Tax income, city employees are waiting...

Does Flashing Your SpeedMake You Slow Down?

    Flashing radar speed signs have been installed at eight spots around Española over the last several weeks, in the hope they will encourage...

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