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Eighteen File For Magistrate Judge Vacancy

6/12/08     Eighteen people have applied to replace Tommy Rodella as Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court judge.     The appointment process comes after the state Supreme...

Trial Ends in Hung Jury

6/19/08     The child molestation case against Robert Rodriguez of Española ended in a hung jury June 11 in state District Court in Tierra Amarilla,...

Businesses React to Salmonella Outbreak

6/19/08     The federal government still hasn't pinpointed the source of the ongoing Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, but things in Española are slowly returning to normal.    ...

Family Fight Ends in Brothers’ Arrests

SUN Staff Report 6/19/08     An Española man sustained a gash to his forehead after defending his brother, in a fight Sunday.     Leo Padilla, 31, jumped...

Congress Ponders Pueblo Water Funds

6/12/08     Legislation is making its way through the United States Congress that could provide millions of dollars to water infrastructure improvements for 18 pueblos...

Father of Two in Critical Condition after Wreck

SUN Staff Report 12/31/09     An Abiquiú man was airlifted to Albuquerque in critical condition following a car crash Sunday afternoon in Hernandez.     A southbound driver...

Albin Criticized Over Hiring in Finance Dept.

12/31/09     When Acting Española City Manager Veronica Albin reorganized the Finance Department in November, the city’s governing body apparently didn’t realize she was limiting...

Preschool’s Closure Leaves Families Out in Cold

12/24/09     El Centro de Los Niños, the only early childhood education center in Northern New Mexico licensed to serve children with special needs, shut...

Santa Clara Matriarch Dies

6/12/08     Beloved Santa Clara Pueblo matriarch Gregorita Chavarria died of natural causes June 5 at the age of 102.     "She was really a mother...

City Pool Repaired

12/31/09     The Española Recreation Center Pool passed a final compliance inspection earlier this month by the state Environment Department with no hitches after it...

City Bails Out Lodgers’ Tax Board

12/24/09     The Española Lodgers’ Tax Board has asked for a bailout after realizing it has already spent two-thirds of its budget just a quarter...

Falling Revenues Mean City Budget Cuts Across Board

6/19/08     A drastic drop in tax revenues has forced the city of Española to create a budget for next fiscal year that is $900,000...

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