Taos Pueblo Sewage Lagoons Face Taos Town Opposition
Taos Pueblo plans two sewage lagoons near Kachina Lodge, approved by the EPA, while Taos town officials and local groups including the Taos Chamber of Commerce oppose location due to odors, groundwater contamination, and impact on the historic district near the Mabel Dodge Luhan home. Mayor Lovato offered to connect the lagoons to the town system, a proposal tribal leaders have not yet decided.
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Welch
Taos
Taos Pueblo
The
Phi Lovato
New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission
Mabel Dodge Luhan
Old Morada
Luis Lujan
Lovato
Two Stabbings Under Investigation by County Sheriff
Two stabbings this week are under investigation by the county sheriff's office. Oliver Rodarte, 22, of Chamisal, was admitted to Holy Cross Hospital with three stab wounds in the back and midsection after a Friday morning incident in front of his home. One juvenile has been arrested. another juvenile and an adult are sought for questioning. Anthony Medina, 22, was treated for a severed vein after a stabbing at Llano Quemado Hot Springs. Stephen Rosen, 42, of Mendocino, Calif., was questioned and released pending further investigation. Witnesses will also be questioned. no arrests yet.
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Oliver Rodarte
Chamisal
Holy Cross Hospital
Nick Jaramillo
Rodarte
Anthony Medina
Holy Cross
Llano Quemado
Stephen Rosen
Mendocino
Calif
Romero
Peggy Nelson
Michael Romero
John Himes
Taos
Vietnam
Terrazas
San P Palace
Asis
Hoaiges
Omnis
Michael Romera
Tasy
Arian
Melanie
Rape charges dropped in Taos Park case
Rape charges were dropped in the Kit Carson Park assault case after the victim refused to press charges. The incident was reported at 1:27 a.m. on July 1, with the district attorney’s office indicating charges against a suspect were imminent. A separate Holiday Inn rape case in Colorado remains under investigation.
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Kit Carson Park
Taos
Torney
Colorado
Holiday Inn
Ranchos Woman Recovers From Plague In New Mexico
A Ranchos de Taos woman recovered from plague after a week at Holy Cross Hospital in mid June. She was the state's 13th plague victim this year and contracted the disease from fleas on her dog. A Taos Pueblo man also contacted plague this year, with Taos County reporting four cases in 1949 1975 and two in 1983. State health officials urge keeping pets confined through September.
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New Mexico
Holy Cross Hospital
State Health Department
Taos County
Las Colonias man charged in slaying
Michael Romero, 36, of Las Colonias, pleaded not guilty in Magistrate Court to an open murder charge in the death of his wife Francine Romero, shot at their Taos home around 2:30 a.m. during a domestic quarrel.
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Las Colonias
Michael Romero
Francine Romero
Sammy Pacheco
Co-op merger eye and river rescue in Taos Gorge
Darin Vigil of Arroyo Hondo was found July 8 three miles below John Dunn Bridge after likely drowning July 3 while trying to rescue a companion. Taos County Search and Rescue members and others secured the body for a downstream raft pickup. Separately, a consolidation planned to form Sangre de Cristo Electric Cooperative would merge Kit Carson and Mora-San Miguel cooperatives with headquarters in Taos and a 14 member board, pending district voting in September.
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Darin Vigil
Arroyo Hondo
John Dunn
Taos
Barry Holfelder
Sangre de Cristo Electrical Cooperative
Kit Carson Electrical Cooperative
Mora-San Miguel Electrical Cooperative
Kit Carson
Jose Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Coop
Rural Electrification Administration
Richard LeDoux
Sangre de Cristo
Taoseno sues in stock dispute over Banquest Vizcaya plan
Four minority shareholders led by Jack Brandenburg sue New Mexico Banquest Corporation over plans to affiliate with Spain’s Banco de Vizcaya. They seek 46 million alleging devaluation of minority stock as majority shareholders form a new holding company to sell controlling shares. David Woodard of First State Bank defends the deal’s impact.
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Jack Brandenburg
New Mexico Banquest Corporation
Banco de Vizcaya
Spain
Banquest
First State Bank of
Taos
Brandenburg
First State
Santa Fe
Nathan Greer
Hob
Alan J. Antwell
Albuquerque
W.F.C. Smith
Vizcaya
Taos Little League All Stars Weekend Appearance
Eric Jeantete prepared to play with Taos Little League All Stars this weekend while nursing a minor shiner from a recent sports injury. Also noting Beatrice Gutierrez’s retirement from education and a court battle between C S Ranch and Angel Fire over water in Raton.
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Taos
Little League All Stars
C&s
Angel Fire
Raton
Valley Vista
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Bob Parker
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Co-op Merger Eye
Taoseno
David Woodard
Taos Bank
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Beatrice Gutierrez
Ceerk
Crepunculo
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