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The Anti-Transparency County

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School Access Denied     Española School District taxpayers have poured tens of millions of dollars into public school facilities that cost over $30 million a...

Cook Submits Low Bid But May Not Win Contract

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    Sealed bids from companies vying for Rio Arriba County’s multi-million-dollar Alcalde infrastructure contract were opened May 18 with one bidder undercutting all the...

Deputies Ready for Third Round of Double-Dipping

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    A state Public Employees Retirement Association attorney told Rio Arriba County the Association would not approve contracts beyond June 30 for two retired...

Oil and Gas Revenues Dictate Flat County Budget

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    As oil and gas sales fluctuate, so does Rio Arriba County’s budget.     The County’s fiscal year 2012 budget is set to remain roughly...

A Judge’s Personal Twist on ‘Buy Local’

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    Since May 2010, Rio Arriba County has spent more than $40,000 on office supplies from New Mexico Office Products, the Española business owned...

Co-op Trustees Accused of Harassment

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    In the build-up to next week’s Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative elections, a female Co-op employee has come forward with claims of gender and...

No Jail Time in City Theft

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    Two years after an embezzlement scandal rattled the city of Española, three ex-police officers walked away scot-free from criminal charges and two former...

Taxpayers Foot Recall Legal Bills

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    The Española School Board voted unanimously to have taxpayers foot the legal bills for two Board members targeted in a recall petition earlier...

Stay-at-Home Son Thinks Parents Are Poisoning Him

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    Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls: Dog Buried at Sea Monday,...

‘You Shot Me, Dude’

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    An Arizona man called 911 May 31 stating he and a co-worker were in an argument and he shot his co-worker in the...

As Vote Looms, Applicants Remain Unknown

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    The Española School Board is breaking the law to keep the public in the dark about its plans to hire a superintendent for...

Lots of Talk, But Median Remains

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    Eight months after a median at the Riverside Drive and Fairview Lane intersection was extended in front of Bank of America without the...
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