Editorials

City Didn’t Perform Due Diligence on Event Sponsors

    It was a little jarring to read last week’s story on page A1 about children being invited to the city’s plaza to get...

Top Cop Needs Help with Records Laws

    As long as the news stories fall his way, Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan loves the press. Criticize one of his deputies...

Luck of the Draw Not So Lucky

    Talk about the literal luck of the draw. Rio Arriba County Commissioner Leo Jaramillo had to draw straws with fellow Commissioner James Martinez...

City Should Take Its Lumps, Write the Check

    We have some friendly, experienced and as always, unsolicited advice for Española Mayor Javier Sanchez: write the check.     Charles Arasim brought an Inspection...

Freshmen Dems Flexing Their Elected Muscles

    Breaking our tradition of opining on local topics, the recent U.S. Congressional vote on raising the minimum wage from $7.50 an hour to...

Jemez Co-op Trustees Vote under Questionable Quorum

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative board majority, now Los Sombras Siete, continues to violate its own bylaws in outrageous fashion. Where to start?   ...

Rehashed Oñate

    It’s clear we won’t look for any sort of reconciliation between Hispanic and Native American history buffs anytime soon. The explosive remarks made...

Homage to Emilio

    The general public missed an exciting, monumental event in December 2018. The Rio Arriba County Commission voted to rename the Rio Arriba County...

Enough Already; Try Running the Co-op

    Los Sombras Siete continue to disenfranchise Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative member-owners. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, or heard it all,...

School District on the Hook for State’s Poor Performance

    Frustrated and helpless feeling Española School District officials and its Board president tried to answer tough questions last week about the 2018 audit...

No Secrets, Just Family

    A parting gift from then-Rio Arriba County commissioners Alex Naranjo and Barney Trujillo was to reclassify Napoleon Garcia from Public Works director to...

City Zoning Commission on the Job

    The city of Española’s Planning and Zoning Commission was on the ball May 9 when it voted unanimously to deny Edward Hunter’s request...

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