Taos County adjusts work week for key departments
Taos County commissioners vote to restore a 40 hour work week for the tax assessor’s office and to extend a full work week for clerk staff from May 15 through June 9 to manage election duties. The decision comes after warnings from the county treasurer about cutting expenses to avoid a state takeover and after noting unpaid bills and missing checks.
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Taos
Jeannette Rael
Lorraine Coca-Ruiz
Gerald Nichols
Nichols
Robert Dale Morrison
Morrison
Virgil Martinez
Bender Faces Second Trial Over Taos Slot Room Robbery
Keith Bender former deputy sheriff will stand trial again in June on federal charges connected to the 1997 Taos Slot Room robbery the only casino robbery in New Mexico on an Indian pueblo. A new charge of possessing a machine gun was filed alongside the original robbery charge.
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Keith Bender
Taos
Albuquerque
U.S
Bender
New Mexico
Sheriff's Office
Mark Donatelli
Donatelli
Local moms march against gun violence in Taos
Dawn Kohorst and Rusty Rhoades organize a Taos version of the Million Mom March. On Saturday May 12 at 10 a.m. marchers meet at the Wal-Mart lot and proceed to Taos Plaza for about 90 minutes. The grass roots campaign links to national efforts with SAFE inviting Bill Clinton to address a kickoff rally. Local NOW members join Kohorst and Rhoades, who are silversmiths, and residents are urged to bring signs snacks and water.
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Dawn Kohorst
Rusty Rhoades
Taos
Washington, D.C
Wal- Mart
Taos Plaza
Donna Dees-Thomase
Granada Hills
Washington
Colorado
Safe
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Kohorst
National Organization For Women
Rhoades
Cerro Community Center Grand Opening Honors Local Donors
Hundreds attended the Cerro Community Center opening last month. Cerro Neighborhood Association chair Gilbert Segura credits area residents for most renovations at the former Cerro Elementary School and notes crucial funding from Sen. Carlos Cisneros who secured 40,000, Frank R. Trujillo with 36,000, the U.S. Forest Service providing 2,000, and Molycorp supplying fencing.
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Gilbert Segura
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Old Cerro
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Ren
Ovation
Carlos Cisneros
Frank R. “Skitt
Trujillo
U.S. Forest Service
Molycorp
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Moreno Valley
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Beverly Adams
Gorge Bridge
Family Practice Associates of Taos
Bette Winslow Dance Studio, Inc
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Peoples Money Market
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Taosflorist.com
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Tee Dui Ab Hales
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Paseo del Pueblo Sur Taos
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