Judge hears who wrote bid package
Taos County Commissioner Eli Herrera and former purchasing agent Jerry Mondragon disputed who drafted the bid package for a 2 million equipment purchase. District Judge Joseph Baca will continue the hearing after eight witnesses Friday with 10 more expected, as the DA seeks a permanent injunction to halt the buy.
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Albuquerque
Taos County
Eli Herrera
Jerry Mondragon
Joseph Baca
Herrera
Mondragon
Manhunt Under Way for Suspect in Taos Sculptor Death
Police pursue Robert Cummings a former El Rito resident after District Attorney Sammy Pacheco files a murder charge in Magistrate Court. Investigators in Colorado Springs question Cummings' ex-wife about his whereabouts as Track's dismembered body is found in April near El Rito after he was last seen leaving a bar on March 18. The suspect is described as about 45 with a full beard and biker clothes.
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Robert Cummings
el Rito
Taos Pueblo
George Abran Track
Sammy Pacheco
Cummings
Pacheco
Colorado
Springs
Track
Vigil seeks to stay on as County assessor amid charges
Senaida Vigil, facing 11 criminal counts of land fraud in Los Cordovas, asks to remain in office while a state suit to remove her proceeds. She appeared in District Court on April 26 under a recused judge, with no trial date set, amid allegations she accepted a bribe from Taos attorney Elia Romero and violated state duties.
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Vigil
Los Cordovas
Joseph E. Caldwell
Taos
Elia Romero
Romero case not dropped by prosecutors in land fraud matter
Prosecutors in the Romero land fraud case say they may present it to a new Grand Jury. A three day Grand Jury is set to convene May 8 to 10. Taos attorney Elia Romero faced 15 counts in Los Cordovas. Judge DePauli dismissed the indictment on a technicality. Prosecutors consider appealing, filing a criminal complaint, seeking a new Grand Jury indictment, or dropping the case, with dropping not under consideration. Grand Jury proceedings are secret.
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Romero Land
Taos
Elia Romero
Los Cordovas
Ed DePauli
Randall Roberts
DePauli
Roberts
Romero
Hawaii officials attend national conference this week
Hawaii County commissioner Eli Herrera and county officers Roy Martinez and Eduardo Duran joined a National Association of Counties convention in Hawaii. County manager Richard LeDoux attended early in the week and was to return by Wednesday night. Herrera Martinez and Duran were expected back Friday May 4.
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Eli Herrera
Roy Martinez
Southern
Eduardo “Lalo” Duran
Hawaii
National Association of Countes
Richard
LeDoux
Herrera
Martinez
Duran
Taos Critics Hit Carson Profit Motive At Hearing
Taos residents challenged the Forest Service at a Congressional Field Hearing on April 30, accusing officials of prioritizing productivity and profit over health environmental and cultural concerns. Local contractor Antonio de Vargas denounced low wages for migrants and unfair bidding against small local firms, also citing delays in contract payments harming small creditors.
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Taos
Richardson
Bryan Welch
U.S. Forest Service
Bill Richardson
D-N.m
Kika’’ de la Garza
D-Tex
Ron Marlenee
Rmont
House Agricultural Committee
Antonio de Vargas
la Madera
Carson National Forest
de Vargas
Forest Service
deVargas
Carson
Taos Gets HUD Grant to Fund Rio Grande Water Line
HUD funds 1.25 million to build a transmission line delivering 400 acre feet of Rio Grande water from Los Cordovas to Taos. The supply, enough for about 1,200 homes, should serve Taos for 16 to 20 years, easing water-right pressures for future development.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Taos
Rio Grande
Los Cordovas
Phil Lovato
Rio Pueblo
San Juan-Chama
San Juan
Chama
Cielo Azul Cooperative
Taos County
Historic Award honors Kit Carson Foundation founder
Jack Boyer accepted the bronze mountain man award from the Historic Society of New Mexico at its annual convention held last weekend at the Martinez Hacienda. Weather notes show Taos highs near 71 and lows around 18, with recent snowfall totals reported.
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Kit Carson Foundation
Jack Boyer
The
Historic Society of New Mexico
Martinez Hacienda
Taos
Kkit Radio
National Weather Service
Paseo Sur sewer deadline in doubt amid gasoline spill halt
June completion for Paseo Pueblo Sur sewer lines faces doubt as work stops due to a gasoline saturated earth hazard. Town manager Carlos Miranda considers asking Avery Structures about a possible June finish while awaiting Environmental Division guidance. If delays persist, contractors may be asked to pause until fall, risking taxpayer costs. Activists say the Chamber of Commerce is inactive and push for a reform of the Taos Merchants Association to apply pressure for faster action.
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Carlos Miranda
Tne
Avery Structures
Paseo Sur
Martinez
Paseo Norte
Ranchitos Road
Plaza
Scott Sanger
Taos Inn
Miranda
Sanger
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Fats’ Leonard
Iron Man
DA Paquin Terrazas
Terrazas
Senaida Vigil
District Court
Roberta
Val Jolley
Aryan Welr
Kika de la Garza
Grant
Mariposa Incorporated
Washam Gas Company
Espanola
Richard Cook
Raton
Taos Cycle Works
New Mexico
Lovato
Pete Domenici
Domenici
Joe Trujillo
State Environmental Improvement Division
Molycorp
Questa
Valle Vista
Ansel Adams
Jil Davis
Adams
el Crepusculo, Inc
Paseo Pueblo Sur
Mountain Bell
Armory
Yucca Builders
Terry Sports
Mondragon Street
la Posta Road
Martinez Lane
Taos Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
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