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Bad Loans Continue to Saddle Bank’s Books

    A report released by Colorado-based consulting firm Bank Strategies shows Española’s Valley National Bank has the third-highest ratio of debt to assets among...

3 Killed, 3 Injured in DWI Crashes

    A man who witnessed the aftermath of a fatal New Year’s Day car crash in Lybrook said victims were falling out of vehicles,...

No Work, All Pay at City

    Each Española resident paid approximately $5.50 for city employees to take a paid week off between the Christmas and New Year holidays.     The...

Electric Bills Set to Climb in New Year

    The New Year ushered in an unwelcome change for Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative customers in the form of higher electricity bills, and more...

Police Blotter: High-Pressure Booze Sales in Parking Lot

    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Porn Night Gets Awkward Monday,...

Española Guardsman Dies in Afghanistan

    A New Mexico National Guardsman from Española died in Afghanistan Dec. 31 from a non-combat-related heart attack.     Specialist Pernell Johnnie Herrera, 33, went...

Murder Charge Splits Jury

    Toby Gonzales told polygraph examiner Eric Lucero he had been awake for seven days snorting cocaine up until the night Steven Duran was...

Board’s Buy-Local Campaign May Skirt State Law

This article was originally printed in the October 6, 2011 edition.     The Española School Board wants to spend as much of its $28 million...

Oversight Mechanism Lacking for City Gas Cards

This article was originally printed in the October 13, 2011 edition.     The city of Española doesn’t have any safeguards in place for its gasoline...

District Doles Out $570,000 In Raises

This article was originally printed in the October 6, 2011 edition.     Raises for several Española School District central office employees are being called out...

Robbers Strike Hernandez Dollar Store, Española Salon

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies reported on two violent robberies that targeted County businesses Dec. 16 and Dec. 19.     The most recent robbery...

Sheriff’s Computers Seized

This article was originally printed in the October 13, 2011 edition.     Executing a search warrant approved Oct. 6 by Judge T. Glenn Ellington, State...

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