State folds on Ute Mountain land deal
The New Mexico Legislature will not spend up to $1 million to buy Ute Mountain Ranch. Sen. Carlos Cisneros plans a memorial urging an appraisal and feasibility study, with session end near. In Texas, former owner Artie McMillan says he might drill geothermal steam or natural gas if mineral rights aren’t sold.
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Ute Mountain
Carlos Cisneros
D-Taos
Cisneros
Artie McMillan
Fort Worth
Texas
Santa Fe New Mexican
Acequia bill stalls in Senate over one vote per owner
A House measure pushing one person one vote for acequia elections stalled in the Senate Conservation Committee. The bill would require about 1000 acequia associations statewide to adopt equal voting regardless of water rights, a drastic change opposed by committee chair Sen. Tom Rutherford. Support comes from two Taos area acequias citing governance issues, while compromise talks failed and the panel fears broad statewide impact.
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Senate Conservation Committee
House
Tom Rutherford
Albuquerque
Rutherford
Taos Area
Acequia
Acequia Madre Rio de la Lama
la Lama
Acequia Madre del Cerro de Guadalupe
Cerro
Taos Hotel Plans St Patrick's Day Corned Beef Menu
Jennifer Sperry Don Fernando Holiday Inn Taos food and beverage director describes serving green beer and a corned beef and cabbage feast for St Patrick's Day Friday March 17 Tempo provides more Taos events details.
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Jennifer Sperry
Don Fernando Holiday Inn
Taos
Sperry
St. Patrick's Day
Tempo
Pyramid defendants punished in Taos pyramid scheme case
District Judge Peggy Nelson gave Bryan Gillum and Shirley Mitchell probation of one year and 100 hours of community service after they pled guilty to attempting to promote a pyramid scheme. The pair, also known as Kadmonka and Kadea Metara, were among those tied to the Friends Gifting Network sweeping Taos last summer. They cooperated with police, were credited with restitution, and faced New Mexico pyramid scheme laws as the first prosecutions beyond the initial arrest.
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Peggy Nelson
Taos
Bryan Gillum
Shirley Mitchell
Kadmonka
Kadea Metara
Gillum
Mitchell
Friends Gifting Network
John Paternoster
Richard Klein
New Mexico
Land-use plan on tap tower billboard bans mulled
Taos County planners consider a temporary zoning ordinance with a two week before hearing publication requirement. Commissioners may approve, disapprove or table the measure at today’s special meeting. Officials also propose separate 18 month moratoriums on billboards and communication towers, with hearings on two related matters noted for today.
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Taos County
Sioners
Special Commission
Taos
Taos approves $4.5 million sewer expansion bid
Taos Mayor Fred Peralta hailed the Feb 28 bid results as the best news in years as eight bids for the wastewater treatment plant expansion ranged under the engineer's estimate of 4.472 million. Industrial Constructors Managers Inc of Pueblo led at 3.357 million with Farmers Home grant 3.95 million and a 1.32 million loan. Abeyta said construction could start in April with loan closing in May or June.
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Taos
Fred Peralta
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Farmers Home Administration
Alex Abeyta
Industrial Constructors Managers, Inc
Pueblo
Colo
Abeyta
Farmers Home
Abvyta
Village library goes mad on-line access plan
Red River Library shares space with Red River museum since 1993 and aims to offer Internet access to all patrons. Librarian Kerry Shepherd notes 800 patrons in town of about 400 residents and seeks an economical grant funded solution to reduce long distance charges and extend access for Questa and Cerro communities.
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Red River
Kerry Shepherd
Shepherd
Questa
Cerro
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