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School Contracts Reverberate with Political Taint

    The settlement of the lawsuit brought by former District facilities manager Mark Chavez in October 2013 against the Española School Board brought to...

Officials Green-Light Contract To Demolish Canjilon Buildings

    Residents living near Canjilon won’t have to look at the abandoned Canjilon Elementary School much longer.     Rio Arriba County Commissioners, on Jan. 29,...

Sundevils Win Two of Three in Tourney Play

    The Española Valley High School boys basketball team sandwiched dominating victories over two Class AAAA teams, with an tough loss to Class AAA...

Mesa Vista Teams Both Claim Victories in Opening Games

    The Coronado High School Leopards and Lady Leopards basketball teams started their season Nov. 29, hosting the Mesa Vista High School Trojans boys...

Application to Fund Construction Submitted

    After years of unmet deadlines, McCurdy Ministries administrators are finalizing their funding application for the construction of a new, two-story school building.     Administrators...

Officials Trash Back-Billing

    After an animated Feb. 18 work session, with lots of raised voices, Rio Arriba County Commissioners eliminated the controversial practice of back-billing people...

Board Approves Chimayó Elementary Renovation

    After some bickering, Española School Board members approved a motion to renovate classrooms at Chimayó Elementary School, in preparation for the transfer of...

More Money, More Problems

    Rio Arriba County commissioners unanimously agreed North Central Solid Waste workers who perform essential tasks such as collecting and hauling decaying food and...

Making Baskets Proves Difficult for Elkettes

    The Pojoaque Valley High School girls basketball team lost to the Taos High School Lady Tigers for the simplest of reasons. They couldn’t...

Sheriff Jailed, Councilor Resigns in 2014 News

    The 2014 election set in motion some of the year’s headline news, most of which ended up in civil or criminal court cases.    ...

Mayor Insists on Submitting Aging Funding Application

    Despite an overwhelming opposition from members of the Española Senior Center, city officials forced a department head to apply for state funding that...

A Grandparent’s Love

    This is the first of a three-part series examining the obstacles faced, as well as the joy, experienced by the many Rio Arribans...

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