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New Private Business To Offer Alternative to MVD

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    The Española office for the state Motor Vehicle Division can expect some new competition in the city.     A privately-owned company, Rio Arriba MVD...

Mine Delayed Again after Failure To Hold Meeting at School

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    The Rio Arriba County Planning and Zoning Committee has postponed action on a proposed sand and gravel mine near Hernandez once again because...

Brazos Man Allegedly Shoots His Brother

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    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies are still sorting out exactly what happened in a shooting between two brothers Monday that landed one in...

Unlikely Candidate Emerges for City’s Top Post

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    The city of Española might not have needed to spend $10,000 in a search for its next city manager after all.     A majority...

County Spends $72,000 on Bleachers for 4-H Fair

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    Rio Arriba County spent $1,701,384 between June 10 and June 30. The following is a partial list of those expenses.     • The Atlas...

Chama Days Most Exciting Event on Village’s Calender

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    Chama Days filled the village’s streets and hotels with revelers again this year, carrying on a tradition that goes as far back as...

Contractor Bails on Housing

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    Nearly three months after deciding to search for outside management to clean up the Española Public Housing Authority, city administrators are no closer...

Former Director Drops Lawsuit Against City

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    The wrongful termination suit filed six months ago by former Española personnel director Ken Kollecker against the city was dismissed Aug. 6 by...

Espanola Schools Fail

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    All but three Española School District schools failed to meet state standards under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to standardized...

Lack of Business Interest Turns Industrial Park into Government Center

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    A majority of the land that now forms Industrial Park Road was donated to the city of Española by the Bartolome Sanchez Land...

Long-Delayed School health Clinic Opens Doors

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    It took two years to plan and build, but the Española middle school finally has a new building for its health clinic.     The...

Energy Companies Challenge New Drilling Rules

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    The state Oil Conservation Commission is facing two legal challenges to its newly adopted pit rule from oil and gas producers both large...
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