Taos Search and Rescue Seeks New Volunteers Amid Shortage
Taos Search and Rescue faces a critical volunteer shortage with only the founder as a full time member since August. Ray Piper notes the area needs more local units to shorten response times for lost hikers and emergencies. Demand remains high as missions rise, with training, funding, and state support in place to recruit and equip volunteers.
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Ray Piper
Piper
Taos
Taos Valley
Lost Child Recalls Rescue Unit Valor
A mother recalls the frantic search for her missing son as State Police, search and rescue volunteers, and helicopter crews comb the town and arroyos. The swift, compassionate response of uniformed workers reassures the family, who credit the responders with bringing hope and eventual relief.
Taos County approves pay hikes and road bids
Taos County commissioners approve boundary changes for Ranchos and Talpé precincts citing precinct location issues. They raise per diem rates by 19 to 15 percent and mileage to 22 cents per mile. New travel grants include a National Hispanic conference in San Antonio. Road projects Esters Road and Ranchitos Road go to bid with state cost sharing. Assessor Vigil warns officials workload has tripled and requests staffing increases.
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Department of Finance and Administration
DFA
Taos County
Esters
Ranchitos
State Highway Department
Duran
Senalda Vigil
Rescue tale and car fire in Taos and Montoya Street incident
Ritchie recounts how he Ortiz and others stayed with a conscious Hardway for about an hour until Taos Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad and State Police arrived. Ortiz wanted to enter the submerged wreckage but was deterred as too risky. Hardway was removed "fairly easily" after the rescue unit arrived. Wright credits Ortiz and others for saving a woman's life. Ortiz locked his keys in his car trunk and had to break in to help. Reyna cited for careless driving. arson suspected in a four car fire on Montoya Street early Tuesday morning. Fire started in the front seat of an older car owned by Horacio Trujillo. tire slash noted. director of the city housing authority experienced another recent fire at his rental trailer behind Zeke Auto Supply.
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Taos Search and Rescue
Mt. Wheeler
Rio Grande Gorge
Piper
Taos Unit
Taos Volunteer Fire Department
Ritchie
Ortiz
Taos
Pilekup
Getrys
Wright
Reyna
Montoya
Horacio Trujillo
Truji
Churity Housing Authority
Zeke + Auto Supply
Snonth
Refunds Due to Kit Carson Electric Members
Co op refunds totaling 800000 dollars will be mailed next week to members who were served between October 1977 and January 1981. Checks reflect a share of Plains Electric's overcharge correction from a Federal Energy Commission ruling. Refunds are based on kilowatt hour usage, with a 400 kWh month example yielding about 21 dollars.
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Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc
Jose M.G. Rodriguez
Plains Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative
Kit Carson
Federal Energy Commission
Plains
Carson
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