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Lodger’s Tax Funds Down $20K

Kristin McFarland SUN Staff Writer     Less than $1,000 remains of the $65,000 lodger’s tax fund intended for promotion of the City of Española.     City records...

School Board Rejects Legal Bids

    The Española School Board split along political lines to reject two proposals for legal services totaling $200,000 at its July 21 meeting.     Board...

County Again Rejects T.A. Drilling Request

    The Rio Arriba County Commission denied last week a request from Texas oil company Approach Resources for a permit to drill for gas...

Small Schools Show Scattered Progress

    Small school districts in Northern New Mexico received a mixed bag of results from their adequate yearly progress reports from the state Education...

Debt, Lack of Manpower Closes Chamber

    After months of patchy coverage and times of complete closure, the Chamber of Commerce is working to devise a schedule of volunteers to...

Morse Code: What We Need To Know

Sunday evening, my brother started complaining about how much attention was being paid on the local television news to University of New Mexico football...

Española Fiesta 2010

    The 2010 Española Fiesta wrapped up Sunday with resounding cries of “Que Viva!” from Oñate and his caballeros as they rode horseback down...

City’s Emergency Medical Grant Shaved by Third

    The city of Española will receive 30 percent less from the Emergency Medical Systems Fund Act grant this fiscal year than in last...

Española Fiesta Comes in $13,840 Under Budget

    The 2010 Española Fiesta Council will bequeath at least $28,219.57 to the 2011 Council, preliminary reports indicate.     “The numbers really speak for themselves,”...

Northern Spokesman Busy Traveling Country

    Northern New Mexico College Director of Public affairs Mitchel Stanfield in the first five months of 2010 has used his expense account to...

City on Many Vendors’ Slow-Pay Lists

    In the months of April, May, June and July, the city of Española paid $91,263.79 for overdue vendor bills.     City procurement policy states...

City’s Traffic Tickets Not Cash Cow

    A steep drop in cash collected from fines and traffic tickets has  dealt the city of Española a financial blow and led to...