Sipapu loses bid for water rights expansion
Sipapu Ski Resort failed to secure a transfer of surface water rights from the Rio Pueblo. The New Mexico State Engineer’s Office rejected the Bolander family request to divert 55 acre-feet annually to Sipapu for snowmaking and expansion, citing no permitted use since 1964 and prior unauthorized irrigation.
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Sipapu
New Mexico
Lloyd and
Olive Bolander
Bruce Bolander
Winona Bolander
Fred Allen
Allen
Rio Pueblo
Taos County
Penasco
Dixon
Bolanders
Gonzales Ditch
Acequia Junta Y Cienega Association
Jane D. Stanley
al Hutson
Gabriel Romero
Taos News
Manhunt resumes for escaped convict in Taos
New Mexico State Police and Corrections tactical teams swept Taos in search of 42 year old escaped convict Charles Purley Romero, a Taos Pueblo native. Capt Rudy Acosta said the Taos attack was at the Pueblo Police request with additional DOC units in town.
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Charles Purley Romero
New Mexico State Police
New Mexico Department of Corrections
Taos
Rudy Acosta
West Rim Road upgrade questioned by Carson residents
Carson residents and a neighborhood association member accused the West Rim Road project of not meeting state standards and missing 56,299 in funds. They presented findings to Taos County commissioners on July 14, noting records show 524,322 paid to the county road department through March 1998, a 56,299 discrepancy, plus substandard base material and culvert compaction.
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Carson
West Rim
Rio Grande Gorge
David Anderson
Carson Neighborhood Association
Gerald Boxberger
State Highway Department
Taos
Carson Area
Rio Pueblo Canyon
Anderson
Boxberger
County Road Department
Gilbert Quintana
Judge punishes jurors for failing to show up
Eighth Judicial District Judge Peggy Nelson scolded Taos County jurors who did not appear for court. Four residents were ordered to perform community service and warned that further punishments would follow scofflaws who ignore jury duty as contempt of court.
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Eighth Judicial District
Peggy Nelson
Taos County
Nelson
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Megan Bowers Domingo
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