A brush fire burning in Española is forcing evacuations from the Santa Claran Casino to the Fairview Bridge. Española Fire Chief John Wickersham said...

Española Humane will celebrate a new era of accessible veterinary care at a special open house for its recently opened Española Humane Animal Clinic.

The event center at Northern New Mexico College was packed Saturday afternoon, as residents gathered to hear what their District 1 and District 2 County Commission candidates had to say about various issues affecting them and their neighbors.

Within days of becoming mayor of Española, Dennis Tim Salazar confirmed that the city would still be able to access the more than $800,000 in public broadband project funding awarded to the city in 2022.

The message was clear: “Keep litter out of our territory.” It’s a phrase that’s plastered on city buses and heard on commercials throughout the state, and feature characters from the “Breaking Bad” TV series that was filmed in New Mexico and starred Bryan Cranston as Walter White, along with a cast of characters that included Daniel and Luis Moncada, better known as the Salamanca cousins.

Within days of becoming mayor of Española, Dennis Tim Salazar confirmed that the city would still be able to access the more than $800,000 in public broadband project funding awarded to the city in 2022.

By Wheeler Cowperthwaite

We’re all afraid to rock the boat. We have been taught since children not to make waves. No one wants to deal with the motion sickness. So we play it safe and aim for steady as she goes. That may prevent children from making too much noise in front of the adults, but it doesn’t make for great stewardship. Choosing not to rock the boat exposes a failure in leadership due to inaction. Looking at my own inaction and indecisiveness, I find a record of lowered standards and depressed morale among the very people I am supposed to inspire. I know I am not perfect and sometimes I beat myself up over my lack of consistency and follow-through. Yet we shouldn’t translate our inadequacies into a blanket state of hopelessness to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The dog days of the spring season are hitting hard, with some teams making a late surge for state tournament contention, while others are trying to salvage some positive outings.

Prosecutors are asking for a 19-year-old Española man to be held without bail after he allegedly shot at a house on North McCurdy Road as he drove by, hitting a man twice.

Dulce coach Lewis Martinez doesn’t really have an explanation for the growth of his program’s size, but he’s certainly not complaining.

It’s a year removed from the gold anniversary, but to celebrate the rich basketball tradition of Española Valley High School over its 51-year history, some 30 former players will take on the current varsity Sundevils in a pair of alumni games Thursday at the school.