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Did El Rito Buy a Lemon? New School Has Required Several Repairs

    The 6-month-old El Rito Elementary School is beginning to look old for its age.     Since Española-based Blue Sky Builders finished renovating El Rito’s...

Rio Arriba Reps Vote for Lujan’s Tax Increase

    Smokers, drinkers, rich people and consumers in general could face higher taxes at the checkout counter and on their tax returns if lawmakers...

Jemez Co-op Keeps General Manager Hiring Process Secret Despite 1987 Court Ruling

    Part of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative’s new strategy for finding a general manager involves keeping the hiring process secretive.     Despite a court...

Police Blotter: Drunk Woman Jumps Out of Mother’s Moving Car

    Española Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police and State Police responded to the following calls: Pill Popper Monday, Jan. 25     •...

Council Candidate, Ex-Wife Trade Accusations after Police Called Twice to Couple’s Home

    Española Police were called out twice Sunday to a domestic disturbance at the home of an Española City Council candidate.     “Basically, my ex...

Police Blotter: Walgreens Parking Lot Not a Bed

    Española Police, Santa Clara Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Unwelcome Squirrel Monday, Jan. 18     •...

Clerk Follows Directions on Deputy’s Hire

    Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alfredo Montoya told County Clerk Moises Morales how to justify a hire last month of an employee who had...

State Slams Española School District’s Bilingual Program

    For Española School District students whose native language is not English, getting by in school can be a battle.     “The struggle for those...

Borrego Skips Arraignment

    Ex-Jemez Mountain School District business manager Kathy Borrego has yet to face the public for her alleged embezzlement of $3.4 million from the...

Valley’s Largest, Newest Hotel Opens Near Capacity

    A year and a half into a nationwide recession, Santa Clara Pueblo has quietly opened the doors to the Española Valley’s largest hotel...

Teen Kills Himself at Party

    A 15-year-old Española boy fatally shot himself early the morning of Jan. 30 at a party in Los Luceros, according to State Police.    ...

Chama Man Upset over Outcome of Accident

    A Chama man claims he was treated unfairly after he got in a wreck with a Dulce animal control officer.     Michael Moya, of...

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