Fiesta Week Plaza Closure Aims for Quiet Festivities
Plaza closes Friday at 6 am for Fiesta on July 24 with 15 extra officers hired to bolster police, sheriff, tribal, and state units. No street drinking will be allowed. officials urge safe, orderly events, with parades Saturday and Sunday and alternate routes for traffic during the Historical Parade.
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Jose Lucero
Taos Plaza
Lucero
Walter Vigil
Public Works Department
Sanitation Co
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Lee pleads guilty to aggravated assault with telephone
Richard Lee, 37, received one year supervised probation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a telephone against Diane Bensen during an argument on December 18 last year. Judge Caldwell ordered 844 days probation and mandatory drug and alcohol treatment. Lee, a contract pilot for businessmen, faced charges rooted in an earlier dispute over bail.
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Richard Lee
Diane Bensen
Lee
Bensen
Benson
Charge adds new count in jogger death case
Randall Arthur, 31, faces an additional charge after a Feb 10 vehicle incident that killed Robert Hanisee, 47, near his home. Court records show existing vehicular homicide and failure to give notice of an accident charges. a no insurance charge was added last week. Arthur remains free on 10 percent of a $25,000 bond, with no trial date set.
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Randall Bar Arthur
Arthur
Robert Hanisee
Hanises Ar
Eckstrom Resigns From Taos Chamber Position
Marsha B Eckstrom resigns from the Taos Chamber of Commerce effective end of August for personal reasons. She announced July 31 with about years of service including two and a half as Director. Eckstrom plans to move to Arkansas this year and said she enjoyed representing Taos and Taos County. Chamber vice-president Gammy Lopes of The Taos News lamented the loss of her strong leadership.
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Marsha B
Eckstrom
Chamber of
Tore Ivesiing
Chamber
Grectar
Arison Ee Mayviedigier
Taos and
Taos County
Gammy Lopes
The
Taos News
Woman Sues Pizza Hut Over Glass in Soft Drink
Pamela Martinez of Taos sues Pizza Hut and its parent company in District Court alleging negligent handling after a waiter served a pitcher with broken glass from the ice machine. She drank about four grains of the drink, suffered laryngeal laceration, two weeks of eating difficulty, and seeks compensatory, medical, pain and suffering, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees.
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Auit
Pizza Hut
Pamela
Francisco Martines
Taos
Martinez
Hadley Bound Over on Drug Charges in Taos District Court
Taos man Douglas Hadley, 48, bound over for trial on two drug counts after a Friday preliminary hearing. He faces cocaine distribution and marijuana possession charges with potential prison terms. magistrate Betty Gonzales sent him to district court after Taos officers testified.
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Douglas Hadley
Taos
Sam
Quintens
Joseph Caldwell Tueadsey
Hadley
Betty Gonzales
Hidalgo Trujillo
Ron Montez
Manny Trujillo
Crimestoppers
Ebrush Inn
Sagebrush
Quintana
Ski workers caught by law controversy in Taos
Taos area ski workers face unemployment eligibility changes after a new state law classifies ski area seasonal employees as ineligible. Taos Ski Valley officials meet state attorneys to challenge the measure, while local officials warn of economic harm and potential counteractions.
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Kate McGraw Taosenos
Taos Ski Valley
Michael Blake
Ann McGee
State
Labor Department
John Baldwin
Albuquerque
McGee
Taos
Eddie Martinez
Martinez
Ramming appeals over flood relief case and joint trial
John Ramming expressed surprise and disappointment as New Mexico Supreme Court denied a motion to review a lower court ruling upholding his conviction for misuse of flood relief funds. He seeks a stay of execution and time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the jury was misled by Mondragon-related testimony and that he should not have been tried with Mondragon.
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John Ramming
New Mexico Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Ramming
Toney Anaya
Pete Mondragon
Mondragon
U.S. Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Weather summary across July spell with warm highs
The high reached 87 degrees on Wednesday July 15 and the low dropped to 43 on Saturday July 18. The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon and evening, with temperatures in the 70s to 80s and night lows in the 40s to mid 60s.
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National Weather Service
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