Taos gas prices among the nation’s highest
Taos regular gasoline dipped below a dollar for the first time in years at 99.9 cents a gallon amid a roughly 20 cent drop in a month. Local distributors cite higher New Mexico wholesale costs, regulated freight, and taxes, while officials review possible price fixing as competition varies by city.
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Robin Martin
Taos
Ed Mitchell
Denver
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Mike Robinson
New Mexico
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Taos Pueblo plans mixed use shops offices at La Tuatah corner
The Taos Pueblo government aims to build 6,000 to 7,000 square feet of retail on the first floor and offices on the second at Paseo Sur and Ranchitos Road. Construction could start early next year funded by a HUD grant covering 60 percent and a Centinel Bank loan secured by leases. Parking would be under the building and along Ranchitos, with pueblo style design to fit Taos architecture.
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Paseo Sur
Ranchitos Road
la Tuatah
Gary Embler
Pueblo Finance
Con
Centinel Bank
Pueblo
Yellow Front
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Taos County to add planning staff and review Arroyo Seco subdivision
Taos County Commissioners plan to use Mountain Bell addressing funds to boost the planning department and review 8 proposed 47-house subdivision on SR 160. Landowners urge a preconstruction review amid concerns over water wells and the impact on the Valdez Valley water table, with meetings scheduled at Arroyo Seco Elementary School.
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Billie Blair
Taos County
Mountain Bell
Arroyo Seco
SR 160
Joe Torres
Los Altos
Rick Edelman
Milton Shapiro
New York
Taos
Elia Romero
Sara Edelman
Shapiro
Robert Quintana
Quintana
Valdez Valley
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Telesfor Gonzalez
Weather Outlook For Taos Area This Week
Highs range from 30s to 60s with a peak of 64 on Wednesday through Saturday March 5 to 8. Lows dip to the teens and 20s with a Thursday low near 22. Breezy, below normal temperatures with a chance of snow in the mountains and showers in lower areas. Contact numbers for local ski areas listed.
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National Weather Service
Ramming Trial Bribery Case Under Renewed Testimony
Engineer testimony alleges estimates were infl ated by Dick Behnke as part of a Taos disaster relief fraud case. Prosecution and defense clash over whether CRW Develop ment Co paid bribes or loans to Taos restaurateur Steve White. Witnesses describe backdated surveys and inflated bridge project costs in 1983 84 direct contracting taos county cases.
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Santa FE
John Ramming
Pete Mondragon
Halile
Richard Rowand
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Ramming
CRW
Taos
Taos County
Attorney General's Office
Mondragon
CEPD
Tom Closson
Rowand
Closson
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