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Española School Board Member Late on Taxes

    Española School Board member Floyd Archuleta and his wife, Naomi, were notified in April by the state Taxation and Revenue Department of a...

El Vado Lake Releases Most Water in 36 Years

    The federal Bureau of Reclamation increased the water flow from El Vado Reservoir to 6,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) May 8 in...

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,...

County Commission Chairman Plans Run for Jemez Co-op Board

    Rio Arriba County Commission Chairman Elias Coriz intends to declare his candidacy for the upcoming Jemez Mountains Electrical Cooperative Board of Trustees elections.    ...

Take Off Masks, Wash Your Hands If You Want To Avoid Swine Flu

    New Mexico has three confirmed cases of H1N1 “swine” flu, and the three people who caught it have already recovered, according to a...

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...

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