County dumps staff to save budget
Taos County Commission voted to terminate five staff members and four road foremen to reduce expenditures for the 1990 91 budget, aiming to save about 220 000 over 12 months. The move included a 32 hour work week for several offices and kept jail administrator Mascarefias due to a court order.
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Taos County Commission
Commission
Frank R. “Skitt” Trujillo
Mike Trujillo
Carmen Medina
Mike Montoya
David Fernandez
Carl Gilmore
Joe Mike Duran
Duran
Ambrose Mascarefias
Taos County
Taos rapist jailed for sixty years in five consecutive counts
District Judge Joseph Caldwell sentenced Charles Wilson to 60 years for a Taos rape case, issuing 12 year terms on five counts including kidnapping and four criminal sexual penetrations, to run consecutively. Prosecutors contrasted Wilson’s lack of remorse with his alleged Denver murder rape links.
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Joseph Caldwell
Taos
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Denver
Mary
Caldwell
Mary Wilson
Hotel Baths Negligence Cited in Drunk Man Drownings Death
Taos jury apportioned fault in the 1985 drownings at Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs. Frank Mauro and the Ojo Caliente corp were found 30 percent and 25 percent responsible respectively, with Miller himself at 20 percent and Barbara Miller 25 percent. The verdict awarded $ schedule of 60 000 in punitive damages and 5 000 in actual damages split among the parties. Barbara Miller argued the baths lacked warnings about danger when intoxicated.
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Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Corp
Frank Mauro
Taos
Paul Miller
Miller
Resort
Mauro
Corporation
Barbara
Mary Bugg
Barbara Miller
Our Lady of Sorrows Church Plans Mud Plaster Renewal
Parishioners strip cement plaster from Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Arroyo Hondo in preparation for a traditional mud coat. The project aims to reinforce the structure with completed renovations and future improvements planned.
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Our Lady of Sorrows
Arroyo Hondo
Feds block cost details of 1989 poaching sting in Taos
Taos News reporters face federal resistance under the Freedom of Information Act seeking the cost of a 1989 Fish and Wildlife sting in Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. About 50 Hispanics were arrested in Taos and Costilla counties after undercover operations. Trials followed with sentences, as advocates press for timely record release.
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Taos News
New Mexico
Colorado
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fort Carson
Colorado Springs
Taos County
Costilla County
Colo
Congressional
U.S
Bill Richardson
Taos
Denver
Fish and Wildlife Service
Terry Grosz
Grosz
Taos Weather and Angel Fire Chili Cook-off Recap
High reached 77 in Taos on Friday August 3 and a low of 46 on Monday August 6. The forecast for August 9 to 11 calls for partly cloudy skies with isolated showers in the mountains and warming conditions Saturday. The fourth annual Chili Cook-off and Bluegrass Festival in Angel Fire drew a crowd last weekend for spicy dishes and live guitar music.
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Taos
Angel Fire
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