Drive-up liquor windows shut in New Mexico
Taos liquor store owner Andy Vigil says drive-up windows closing Aug. 1 will not harm his business. He notes customers will walk in to buy liquor at Ranchos de Taos store, and argues the change reflects politics and chain-store pressure more than addressing drinking and driving.
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Gary Johnson
Santa Fe
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Witness in Romero case loses polygraph test
New Mexico Attorney General's Office will not use Ray Martinez as a witness in the 1993 shooting of Tass man Chris Romero after he failed a lie detector test. Martinez claimed to be an eyewitness, then recanted, while Teena Trujillo faces the case in court records.
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Summo Abandons Copper Hill Mining Project
Summo Minerals Corp says it will abandon the Copper Hill copper mine between Picuris Pueblo and Dixon and withdraw mining claims on nearby Bureau of Land Management land. The Vancouver company will reallocate funds to Utah and Arizona projects, with Karen Melfi confirming the decision from Summo's Denver office.
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Canada
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Arizona
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Denver
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Buried remains of Taos artist Burt Harwood returned home
Luis Maestas carried a brass box containing the long lost remains of Elihu Burritt Burt Harwood, the Taos artist who inspired the Harwood Museum. Curator David Witt called the moment a one in a million event and said he had wondered what happened to Burt's remains.
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Harwood Museum
Elihu Burritt
Burt) Harwood
Taos
David Witt
Burt
Maestas
Agnew
Elihu Burritt Harwood
Solar magic bus heats up Taos youths experiments
An NM Solar Energy Association demo in a park lot showcases solar ovens cooking cookies and solar powered fridges while kids like Aniel Martinez and Griffin Pierce test heat gains in model houses and a radiant floor project. The event features foil ovens, cardboard domes, adobes and hands on demonstrations.
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Taos
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Paseo del Pueblo
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