Easter plans mark Taos area churches and businesses
Many businesses and government offices will close for Good Friday April 14. Taos area banks noon to 3 pm, town offices noon, county offices all day. Taos News offices noon Friday with deadlines moved to 5 pm. Easter services include Taos Plaza sunrise at 7 am, Lu jan's Holy Week, Angel Fire services, and Rio Grande Gorge Bridge sunrise.
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Taos Public
Taos News
Taos Ministerial Association
Taos Plaza
First Presbyterian Church
Kit Carson Park
John Snider
Lujan
el Pueblito United
Christian Family Church
Rainbow Family Gatherings Tests Taos County Resources
Rainbow Family plans to assemble in New Mexico in July, potentially drawing 15 000 to 20 000 attendees and up to 10 000 cars. Foresters prepare sites west of Tres Piedras with latrines 300 feet from water, mobile medical clinic, and security HQ. Authorities anticipate health and safety concerns including hygiene water waste theft and possible violence.
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Taos County
Carson National Forest
Gary Schiff
New Mexico
Schiff
Lincoln National Forest
Santa Fe National Forest
Carson
Rainbow
Tres Piedras
Rainbow Family Planning Committee
Forest Service
Rainbow Family
Rainbow Scouts
No easy way to stop Rainbow Gatherings in Taos County
Gary Schiff of the Carson National Forest explains a 1987 Supreme Court decision bars the Forest Service from denying Rainbow Gatherings via permit rules. The only option is to work with the Rainbow Family to minimize environmental impacts and ease local tensions while hoping for a peaceful event.
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Taos County
Gary Schiff
Carson National Forest
Schiff
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Forest Service
Cals
New Mexico
Rainbow Family
Forest Service urges safe gatherings for large remote events
In a letter to districts deputy regional forester John Kirkpatrick cites 25 years of service and stresses coordination with landowners media and public to ensure a relatively safe peaceful gathering amid nudity statutes and extensive crowds in remote locations.
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John Kirkpatrick
Forest Service
Gonzalez helps mediate as Kit Carson Electric workers seek wage pact
State Rep. Bobby Gonzalez stepped in to aid negotiations between Kit Carson Electric Cooperative management and IBEW Local 611 strikers. The union seeks 4 percent raises in years one and two and 3.25 percent in year three, plus full insurance coverage and safety shift purchases, while production-based pay remains contested. Management says replacements are being sought as strikers stay away, and Gonzales conveyed the union proposal to manager Luis Reyes Jr as talks resume.
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San Diego
Calif
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative
Luis Reyes Jr
J.D. Ortega
Roberto
Bobby” Gonzales
Reyes
IBEW
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Dennis Gonzales
Gonzales
Accused molester arraigned in Taos magistrate court
Swan Vern, 29, appeared in orange jumpsuit before Judge Erminio Martinez in Taos magistrate court charged with two counts of aggravated burglary and one count of attempted criminal sexual penetration. Bond set at $50,000 cash as he lacked a permanent address or employment proof. Vern was arrested April 3 after allegedly breaking into two elderly women’s apartments at Plaza de Retiro retirement village and assaulting one resident.
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Vern
Erminio Martinez
Plaza de Retiro
Taos
Vera
Martinez
Magistrate Court
Road improvements debated by Ojo Caliente residents
Public safety concerns drive discussion of State Road 285 improvements through Ojo Caliente. A public meeting led to two petitions being folded into a list of 14 safety areas sought from Avid Engineering. A proposed alternative route to bypass Ojo Caliente faced counter petitions favoring continued traffic through the town.
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Ojo Caliente
Paul Simon
Avid Engineering
Rio Grande Gorge
Taos
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Tommy Jeantete
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