Taos sees run of armed robberies across merchants
Taos police warn merchants as a spike in armed robberies continues with incidents at Sonic drive in on Paseo del Pueblo Sur Texaco station and Zia Hair Company behind Peoples Bank. Major Robert Rivera links the cases noting similar methods and a possible tie among the suspects as six burglaries occur since January with the latest at Zia Hair on a Saturday afternoon.
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Taos
Paseo del Pueblo Sur
Southside
Texaco
Zia Hair Company
Peoples Bank
Northside
Robert Rivera
Sonic
Rivera
Cleaning the ditch cleans Taos family tradition
Staci Matlock profiles Santiago Martinez and his father Michael Martinez as part of the long running La Acequia Madre del Rio Chiqui ditch cleaning tradition in Taos. The seven year old Santiago is the youngest crew member in this Saturday event spanning Talpa to Ranchos de Taos.
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Antiago Martinez
Talpa
Ranchos de Taos
Martinez
New Mexico
Michael Martinez
Santiago Martinez
Jose Pablo Martinez
Ben Immy Rogers Leads Taos Ridge-A-Thon Rides
Ben Immy Rogers and Sean Cassily posted the most laps at Taos Ski Valley during the Ben Myers Ridge-A-Thon to benefit Mountain Home Health Hospice. Thirty four skiers completed 580 ridge runs over two days raising more than ten thousand dollars in honor of Ben Myers, a Taos local who died of cancer at twenty six.
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Immy Rogers
Taos Ski Valley
Ben Myers
Mountain Home Health
Roy Hughes
Stauffenburg
Hairy lunch protest at Taos Elementary cafeteria
Fifth graders from Enos Garcia Elementary demonstrated at Taos Elementary during lunch, accusing cafeteria workers of hair in food and lack of gloves or hair nets. Observers report reactions and disputed claims by staff and Mary Ann McCann, with district food services denying punishment of students.
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Taos
Enos Garcia Elementary School
Enos Garcia
Dents
Mary Ann McCann
Taus Municipal
McCann
Denyin
Olmos urges teens to shield themselves from violence
Actor Edward James Olmos told Taos County middle and high school students to avoid abusive relationships by speaking out and seeking help. He described violence as a curable disease and framed his talk as vaccination against harm, launching a five city tour sponsored by U S West Life’s Better Here.
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Edward James Olmos
Taos County
Olmos
Southwest
U.S. West
Taos High School
Otero
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