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Cost of $1.95 Million Chimayó Center Questioned

    Rio Arriba County officials have spent $1.95 million in taxpayer money on a community center in Chimayó that they don’t know how they...

Many Holes in New City Finance Director’s Resume

    The city of Española’s new finance manager has a story his resume doesn’t tell.     On paper, Andrew J. Perkins, 50, apparently spent about...

Police Blotter: Man Offers Earrings, Steals Rake

    Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Drunk Patient Monday, April 20     •...

City Foots $16,000 Bill for Judge’s Legal Fees

    The city of Española is footing Municipal Court Judge Stephen Salazar’s defense against complaints that he violated state judicial standards.     Legal bills for...

Española Hospital Director Resigns without Warning

    Española Hospital Administrator Derrick Yu resigned May 1 effective immediately, less than two months after he ordered controversial ambulance service cutbacks in Rio...

Overdose Sheds Light on Student Use of Prescription Pills

    A 15-year-old Española Valley High School student who overdosed on Xanax April 28 got the drug at school, according to a police report.    ...

County’s Oil/Gas Revenue in Free Fall

    Rio Arriba County may face more than a $5 million shortfall next fiscal year due to plummeting oil and gas revenues.     The 2009-2010...

Did Pojoaque Lt. Governor Drink at Club Tropi the Night of Fatal Crash?

    Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz was partying at Club Tropicana in Española the night she struck and killed a 31-year-old Chimayó man,...

Española City Council Battles over Whether Keeping City Manager

    Acting City Manager Veronica Albin escaped two late-night, closed-door City Council meetings within the span of a week with her job intact.     “She’s...

Child Raped by Second Man

    Confronted with allegations he raped and molested a 9-year-old girl, a Santa Cruz man not only confessed, but admitted to abusing other victims,...

State Police Admit to Never Responding to 911 Call

    State Police never dispatched an officer to a 911 call April 13 warning that people later involved in a fatal accident appeared to...

City Wants To Raise Utility Rates 7 Percent

    City of Española officials have once against resumed discussions on a long-delayed hike in utility rates.     The City Council has been contemplating rate...

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