Las Sierras water plan rejected by state engineer
State engineer Eluid L. Martinez denied Las Sierras water transfer plans citing risk to area wells and possible impairment of Rio Pueblo Arroyo Seco and Rio Lucero flows. Las Sierras backs say appeal and further options are under review with ground breaking hoped this summer.
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Las Sierras
Fred Waltz
Ditch Alsociations
David Buck
San Juan
Chama
Buck
Eluid L. Martinez
Rio Pueblo
Arroyo Seco
Rio Lucero
el Prado Water and Sanitation District
Martinez
Waltz
Debate over drug dogs in Taos schools discussed
At Taos High School a Law Day debate weighed drugs and Fourth Amendment rights with about 40 attendees at a second session. Opponents argued drug-sniffing dogs infringe rights, citing cases that searches require individualized suspicion and protect both students and adults.
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Taos High School
Mary Allen
Rebeca Romero
Allen
Jennifer Rotman
American Civil Liberties Union
Philip Decaro
Tina Cruz
Romero
Rotman
Decaro
Transfer details reveal $546,333 Pueblo check promised
In a Thursday transfer, Pacheco instructed Marquez to cut a 546,333 dollar AD check to the Pueblo to comply with a neat agreement. Fernandez arranged a ceremony for the handover the following day with War Chief Ruben Romero.
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Marquez
Fernandéz
Fernandez
Ruben Romero
Pacheco
Romero
Taos appoints Neil Curran as police chief
Taos Town Council hired former New Mexico State Police Chief Neil Curran, 56, as head of the Taos Police Department on a one year probation begin May 18. Curran succeeds Jose Lucero. Rivera remains acting chief until Curran’s full take over. Curran, a Raton native, will relocate to Taos from Santa Fe with his wife and five children.
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Taos
New Mexico
Neil Curran
Curran
Robert Rivera
Edward Garcia
State Police Department
Ronald Miller
The
Golden, Colp
Department of Public Safety
Taos County
Felipe Cordova
Gus Cordova
Jose Lucero
Eloy Jeantete
Cordova
Rivera
Raton
Santa Fe
Beatrice
Airport expansion fees fight for funds
The FAA plans the $10 million Taos Municipal Airport expansion EIS process with a first public hearing set for 6 p.m. Thursday May 14 in the Taos Civic Plaza Rio Grande Room. The Coalition for an EIS had argued for a detailed impact study after a 1990 suit that led to a Mechem ruling.
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Taos Municipal Airport
Coalition For An Eis
Federal Aviation Administration
Rio Grande Room
Taos Civic Plaza
Town of
Taos
U.S. District Court
Edwin Mechem
Mechem
Coalition
FAA
Choices after high school in Taos County prompt debate
Senior students face broadened options after graduation with no clear vocational or college prep programs in Taos County schools. Ed Alarid notes outdated auto mechanics and carpentry courses while counselor Aragon and Principal Archuleta call for a practical alternative. A Taos Municipal School Board proposal aims to let students design and build a house from planning to completion.
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Ed Alarid
Hes Me
Taos
Aragon
Wae
Steve Archuleta
Questa High School
Taos County
Taos High School
Alarid
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Ie David Fernandez
Jase Willl
N. Curran
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