Water rights settlement eyed for Taos Pueblo impact
The draft Taos Pueblo Water Rights Settlement faces scrutiny over its potential effects on Taos County water users. If approved, mechanisms will monitor and mitigate any harm, including deep aquifer wells drawing water from Taos Valley and the San Luis Valley region. Local residents and Pueblo ceremonies frame the backdrop.
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Taos Pueblo
Taos County
Taos Valley
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Taos festival kickoff amid color and sound on stage
Ballet Folklorico brings Mexican color and lively footwork to Taos as Tempo Tourism reports a sharp first quarter 2006 drop in tourism proxy category receipts. Accommodations, full-service restaurants and drinking places fell, with all proxy categories down 28.8 percent by March. Obituaries note several Taos area deaths in April including Margaret Allen and Ronald Boyer. other notices list local residents passing in Washington, California and New Mexico.
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Margaret Lynn Allen
Taos Living Center
Ronald Lee Boyer
Huntington Beach
Calif
Perfecta M. Chiotis
Ranchos de Taos
Mary Genevieve (Tate) Lang
Farmington
Miss
Renton
Wash
Washington
Michael E. Pariseau
Matthew John Santistevan
Woodland
Elfido Vigil
Questa
Hondo Fire memory recalls 1996 Northern New Mexico blaze
On the 10 year anniversary residents still rebuild after the Hondo Fire of May 5 1996 torched 7200 acres on day one and left 36 structures lost across Taos County. Fire officials describe the fire as a freight train roar and an explosion as it swept from San Cristóbal over Garrapata Ridge to Lama in hours.
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San Cristóbal
Garrapata Ridge
Lama
Taos County
Rising from the ashes in Lama after 1996 wildfire
Ten years after a windy January fire in San Cristóbal, residents of Lama rebuilt amid similar conditions. Volunteer and local firefighters fought a quick flare into juniper stands, with Bill Reifsnyder directing traffic and aiding containment before winds pushed the blaze toward Lara.
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Bill Reifsnyder
Reifsnyder
San Cristóbal
Old State Road 3
Lama
Taos D A transfers acequia case over violence incident
Taos 8th District Attorney Donald Gallegos transfers the ditch cleaning assault case from Valdez to Fourth District Attorney Richard Flores citing a potential conflict. Ervin Martinez suffered severe facial injuries including a broken eye socket and nose, with care in Holy Cross Hospital and Albuquerque before possible surgery.
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Ervin Martinez
Holy Cross Hospital
Albuquerque
Wesley LaCuesta
UNM Taos executive director resigns after stressful tenure
Alicia Chavez, UNM Taos executive campus director, submitted her resignation on April 28 citing health and stress concerns. Her last day is set, with Provost Reed Dasenbrook and the advisory board initiating a national interim search until a permanent director is chosen after a full process.
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Alicia Chavez
Unm-Taos
Chavez
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Reed Dasenbrock
UNMT
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