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SUN Files Suit Against City, School District Over Records

    The Rio Grande SUN is pursuing legal action against two public bodies in Rio Arriba County for withholding records in violation of the...

Water Tank Repaired

    Just shy of three months since a million gallons of Española city water were lost when a storage tank failed, that tank is...

City Must Redo Budget; Ex-Finance Head Blamed for Fiasco

    Not even Española city officials know the exact size of the city’s budget after discovering that former finance director Andrew Perkins not only...

New Businesses Rise as Economy Dives

The idea sounds counter-intuitive: open a large coffee shop in a sleepy rural town, smack in the middle of an economic meltdown. But Paul Namkung...

More Than 300 Businesses Bail on City in Last 2 Years

A national recession sparked by a big-city housing bust is now battering Española’s businesses. In Española, 145 companies declined to renew their city business licenses...

Vague Justification Given for Closing Meeting

The Española Public Works Committee may have violated the state Open Meetings Act when its members unanimously declared an executive session without providing reasonably...
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City To Fund Line Extensions

After years in multiple committees, the Española City Council unanimously passed a funding plan for expanding water and wastewater to more than 200 residences...

Mayor Tries to Strip Papers of Legal Ads

If the New Mexico Municipal League has their way, public legal notices will no longer have to appear in a newspaper. A measure introduced by...

Museum Money Almost Slips Away

The city of Española almost lost about $367,000 in state funding for a long-planned railroad museum last month after it failed to submit design...

City Set to Design New Library at New Site

The city of Española is set to receive design bids for a proposed new library Sept. 1, but city officials aren’t sure where the...

Highway Work

A $68 million state Highway Department project underway includes renovations to Highway 84/285 between Pojoaque and Española that include re-paving and drains, new medians...

The City’s Failed Stimulus Funding Applications

    In April, the city of Española sent out applications for a total of just over $29 million in stimulus funds for a variety...
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