Acequia Mayordomo Leads Taos Ditch Cleanups
In Taos and Ranchos de Taos communities acequia cleaning gathers residents as Juan I Valerio leads the La Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito crew. Mayordomos set water allotments, repair ditches, and enforce a $50 fine for unauthorized use during droughts.
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Juan Rael
Acequia
Juan I. Valerio
la Acequia Madre del
Rio
Talpa
Ranchos de Taos
Valerio
New Mexico
Tinea ‘Bajo
Aemorada
Camino del Medio
Tragedy strikes in El Rito
Michelle Valdez 21, a hometown El Rito girl set to wed on June 7, is dead after a March 25 car crash on U S 84 near El Rito. Dwayne Garcia 18 of Ojo Caliente faces vehicular homicide charges for the crash that killed Valdez and injured three Jaramillo relatives.
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el Rito
Mesa Vista Tegan
New Mexico
Michelle Valdez
Dwayne Garcia
Ojo Caliente
New Maoxico
Kevin Boyd
Valdez
U.S. 84
Melvin Jaramillo
Garcia
Diego Jaramillo
Jerome Jaramillo
Congressional race heats up in Northern New Mexico
With 33 days to the May 13 vote for New Mexico third district, Democrats attack Republican candidate Bill Redmond over a values test claiming he'd abolish the Education Department, push vouchers, cut student loans, weaken environmental protections, repeal the assault weapons ban, and back a Christian Coalition agenda. Redmond defends Catholic values amid crossfire in a district where 60 percent are Catholic.
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U.S. Third Congressional District
Democratic Party
Bill Redmond
Republican Party
Redmond
U.S. Department of Education
Christian Coalition
New Mexico
Earl Potter
Jerry Falwell
Pat Robertson
Towns opens recycling center with ribbon cutting
Town officials plan a grand opening April 21 at 10 a.m. for the long awaited recycling center located behind Subway near Dea and Bertha lanes. The center will replace satellite bins and be operated by Taos Pueblo workers Michael McCabe and Gabriel Romero with town staff monitoring in a bid to cut costs and contamination.
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Dea
Bertha
Subway
North Centinel Bank
el Prado
Taos Rendezvous
Gus Cordova
Sanco, Inc
Cordova
Michael McCabe
Gabriel Romero
Taos Pueblo
Roadrunner Recycling
Taos Pueblo native named BIA Northern Pueblos Agency supervisor
Cameron Martinez, Taos Pueblo, named new supervisor of the Northern Pueblos Agency within the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He oversees 250000 acres of tribal lands, 12000 Pueblo clients, a $2 million budget, and a 52-member staff. Martinez emphasizes government to government relations and agency advisory role to tribes.
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Northern Pueblos Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Martinez
BIA
Congress
Taos Pueblo
Donia Hagler
Cameron Martinez
Pueblos
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Staci Matlock
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Senna
Mike Stauffer
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