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Volunteers Clear Football Field of Trash from City

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5/8/08     The biannual Española Cleanup Day drew about 100 volunteers into a frigid Saturday morning to help pick up trash throughout the city.     Volunteers...

Animals Up Close

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5/8/08     Animal lovers got a peek inside the Wildlife Center in Arroyo Seco last weekend during the facility's annual open house.     Executive Director Paul...

Oil Companies Threaten to Sue County

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4/24/08     Rio Arriba County's proposed moratorium on new oil and gas drilling is drawing threats of litigation from oil industry lawyers.     The County Commission...

$200,000 Targeted to Wetland Restoration

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From a press release 5/1/08     Santa Clara Pueblo will receive nearly $200,000 in federal grant money to restore 43 acres of wetlands along the Rio...

Pojoaque Community Meeting Changed to County Meeting

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SUN Staff Report 4/24/08     A community meeting with Santa Fe County Commissioner Harry Montoya that was scheduled for Thursday (4/24) has been canceled.     The meeting...

Water Funds Allocated for Cuatro Villas

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5/1/08     The city of Española received its second funding award for water system improvements in about as many weeks, adding $2.58 million to its...

Elkettes Struggle in District Competition

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4/17/08     Pojoaque’s young softball team had a glimpse of future competition when they took on defending District 2AAA champion Las Vegas Robertson April 9,...

Shafted by the City

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5/1/08     The Española Public Housing Authority will have to pay back thousands of dollars to its its low-income housing tenants after it illegally withheld...

Boy Accidentally Shoots Self

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SUN Staff Report 4/24/08     A 10-year-old Canjilon boy was airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital April 18 after accidentally shooting himself in the back...

District’s Computer Purchase Violates Procurement Law

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4/17/08     The Española School District skirted state procurement law earlier this year when it purchased 330 new computers using a borrowed contract without state...

Youth Business Grants Available

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From a press release 5/8/08     Applications for the Summer 2008 Youth Business Grant Program are available at the Española Valley Chamber of Commerce and the...

State Parks Push for Student Involvement

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From a press release 5/22/08     New Mexico State Parks and the National Park Service in New Mexico have expanded their statewide efforts to get children...
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