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City To Host Town Hall on Public Safety

    The city of Española has scheduled town hall meeting to discuss public safety.     The meeting is scheduled for Nov. 12 from 5:30 to...

Española Library Changes Hours

The Española Public Library will change its hours on Thursday evenings and on Saturday afternoons. The new hours will go into effect Thursday (11/5).    ...

Split Council Hires Second-Best Engineering Firm

    Emotions and tempers ran high Oct. 27 during a contract debate that split the Española City Council and led to the Council overruling...

Molzen-Corbin Contract Debated

    Two design contracts for city projects are set for approval at the Oct. 27 Española City Council meeting, but one is at the...

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...

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...

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