Taos County Faces Tax Revenue Shortfall Amid Real Estate Boom
Taos County loses revenue as real estate values rise while funds decline from federal aid cuts. Assessor Senalda Vigil warns reassessment delays, staff shortages, and a projected two-year timeline before reaped property taxes lift county budgets.
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Steve Winston
Taos County
Senalda Vigil
State
Valerie
Vigil
Chiquito fish kill shifts to electrofishing plan inlet
New Mexico Game and Fish will skip rotenone for Rio Chiquito trout restoration and instead use electrofishing to remove brown trout. Senator Francisco Gonzales offered funding and preservation aims, proposing a three year, 126900 dollar program with 10 crews sanding 120 volt currents to stun fish before removal.
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Robin McKinney
New Mexico
Department of Game and Fish
Rio Chiquito
Gonzales
Game and Fish
Richard McCleskey
Colorado
Game and Fish Department
McClosky
Shooting near Rio Chiquita probes in Taos County
Taos County Sheriff and Taos District Attorney offices probe an apparent accidental shooting Saturday near Rio Chiquita. Roger Cortez, 20, of Taos, was shot while camping with Mary Olson. Olson fired the shot. Cortez was treated at Holy Cross Hospital for a bullet wound in the abdomen. Condition listed as good. no charges filed.
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Taos County
Taos
Rio Chiquita
David Kyen
Roger Cortez
Mary Olson
Kyea
Olson
Cortez
Holy Cross Hospital
Highway talks set for Taos traffic relief route plan
State Highway Department officials will present an update on Taos traffic relief route and other area highway improvements. County Commission chairman Dae Miera and Mayor Pat Lovato announced the public meeting for Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Coronado Center council chambers. The agenda includes a planned traffic corridor.
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Taos
State Highway Department
Dae Miera
Pat Lovato
Pilgrimage for Vocations Begins North of Taos Walks 100 Miles
The Peregrinos and Guadalupanas from northern New Mexico parishes start a six day, 100 mile walk from Costilla to Chimayo for vocations prayer. Two groups depart June 1 from Costilla and Estancia valley, meeting at the Santuario for a closing Mass.
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Peregrinos
Arroyo Hondo
Arroyo Seco
Santuario
Chimayo
Front
Donald Martinez
Taos
Martinez
Janice Daigh
Costilla
Santuario de Chimayo
Estancia
Pojoaque
Michael O’brien
Penasco
Questa
Ranchos de Taos
Trampas
Truchas
U.S. Hill
Ranchos
O'Brien
Herndon
Joe Vigil
Santa Fe
Robert Sanchez
Fr. O ° Brien
Fr. O'Brien
Holy Cross Plans Rate Hikes At Taos Health System
Taos Health Systems Inc votes to raise semi private room charges from 135 to 155 dollars daily and private rooms to 160 dollars daily. Most surgical pathology lab and radiology charges rise 40 to 50 percent. physical therapy up 20 to 25 percent. Administrator cites 5 percent more operating revenue and alignment with state peers. An accounting firm reviews options for a new facility with a draft by early July.
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Holy Cross Hospital
Board of
Taos Health Systems Inc
Arthur Andersen and Co
Taos News Publishes Seasonal Summer Visitor Guide
The Taos News releases its annual summer visitor guide in a new edition. Forty two thousand copies will be distributed weekly through August to assist every summer visitor with Taos flavor and local highlights.
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Taos News
Taos
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