Taos traffic crisis prompts two modest route tweaks
In Taos, planners consider opening school and auditorium gates to ease congestion near Cruz Alta Center and the post office, publishing maps to guide drivers, and possibly adopting one way streets from Paseo del Pueblo Norte to Dr Sharfin’s office and Placitas to the 7 to 11, to reduce bottlenecks and encourage walking and biking.
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Taos
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Ranchos
el Prado
Canon
Gusdorf
TCA
Civic Center
Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Paseo Norte
Dragoon
Salazar
Middle Road
la Loma
Upper
Ranchitos
Paseo del Pueblo
United States
Europe
Watt park satire sparks Grand Canyon debate
The Rev Ed Nettleton rails against waste and boredom in a Your turn column. He recalls an Interior Secretary’s rafting trip and lampoons a future “Watt Park” drive through national park concept. He cites annual canyon trash, urges action, and warns of a toxic, mined future.
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ED Nettleton
Grand Canyon
HBO
Canyon
Colorado River
Watt
Wayne Newton National Monument
Las Vegas
Watt Park
St. James Episcopal Church
Chamber of Commerce Critiques Paperwork Reduction Act Burden
In a press release the Chamber urges member businesses to oppose federal bureaucracy and attend hearings to assess the act’s impact. It promises direct access to the agency that can help reduce the paperwork burden on small firms and notes the impact is whether it has lessened the workload.
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Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Chamber
Taos honors Vietnam veterans walk to memorial
Thomas Tillman thanks the Vietnam veterans who passed through Taos en route to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Hagel Nest. He recalls their aid after a motorcycle accident and expresses support for their walk, noting the veterans’ dignity and the need to remember those who did not return.
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Buster
Taos
Vietnam Veteran Memorial
Pattner
Vietnam
Bke
Hagle Nest
Thomas Tillman Tans
Editor Replies And Uranium Tailings Debate At Taos
A reader letter debate features Louise Reyburn defending humor standards and critiquing phrasing while Eric Bear discusses the Navajo uranium tailings issue. Taos News invites original 300 word letters and 400 word Forum submissions with contact details for publication.
Stop WIPP Nuclear Waste Plans and NM Legislation
Barry Keaveney argues New Mexico bears a legislative disadvantage in WIPP plans. He cites Public Law 96-164 and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, urging veto rights NRC licensing and retrievability, accusing neglect of citizen safety, and calling to focus on detoxifying waste rather than burying it in New Mexico. Thomas M Cook, WWII veteran, reflects on prewar US defenses and quotes Roosevelt about bearing a big stick.
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New Mexico
Department To Energy
97Th
Congress
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Department of Energy
NRC
Barry Keaveney
Hawaii
America
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Europe
Far Pacific
Pacific
Teddy
Roosevelt
Thomas M. Cook
Taos
Letter mixup in Forum column misidentifies author
A Forum letter headlined Beware magabucks was written by Mary Horton Black of Fort Myers Florida not Virginia Black who was in Taos. The Taos News regrets the error.
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Mary Horton Black
Fort Meyers
Fla
Virginia Black
Taos
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