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Bid Protest Stalls RTD Construction

    The highest of three bidders seeking to build the new North Central Regional Transit District in Fairview has contested the bids, stalling construction...

Arizona’s New Immigration Law Draws Opposition Here

    For a law passed in another state, Arizona’s new immigration law has pushed some buttons among Northern New Mexicans and their elected officials.    ...

City Sewer Storm Runoff Plan Year Late

    The City of Española is more than a year late in submitting a federal Environmental Protection Agency-mandated plan that demonstrates how its sewer...

July Grand Jury Indictments

    A Rio Arriba County grand jury indicted the following individuals in July:     • Gary Martinez, of Velarde, for assault with intent to commit...

City Ready to Build Parking Lot

    A year after the City Council approved the state Highway Department’s plans, construction has begun on the new location of the Española Park...

County Seeks to Raise Lodger’s Tax 2 Percent

    The Rio Arriba County Commission will consider raising taxes next week for the second time in as many months.     An ordinance amendment that...

School District Doesn’t Make Grade

    The Española School District failed for the sixth year in a row to meet state testing standards and, despite showing some progress, is...

Potable Water in Elementary’s Future

    The city of Española, the Cuatro Villas Mutual Domestic Water Users Association and the Española School Board have struck a deal that will...

County Lodgers’ Tax Increases

    The Rio Arriba County Commission voted last week to increase the County’s lodgers’ tax from 3 to 5 percent, the highest rate allowed...

Four School Employees Sell $22,000 in Leave As They Leave District

    Staff members who were not rehired to work at the Española School District’s central office will not be leaving empty handed. Documents from...

Clerk’s Office Sure None Registered in 1801 Voted in Primary June

    The list of Rio Arriba County voters in the June 1 primary election is riddled with questionable registrants, dozens of which appear to...

School District Decides No February Bond Issue

    The Española School Board will most likely wait another year before putting a bond issue before voters. While the Board did discuss the...