Peralta must pay schools after prison sentence
Marcia Peralta, former Questa Independent School District business manager, was sentenced to eight years in prison but will be on probation for four years and must repay about $22,000 to the district and $51,000 to the insurer. She must surrender her $1,167 monthly retirement benefit until restitution is complete. The judge noted the unfairness of her collecting retirement while having embezzled from the district. Peralta, living in Las Cruces, faces about four and a half years to repay the debt, roughly the same as her probation period.
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Marcia Peralta
Questa Independent
Peralta
Joseph E. Caldwell
Sam Quintana
Questa
Caldwell
Abovt
Fralta
Las Cruces
Fall Cleanup Day Planned by Town Officials
The town schedules October 17 as the first Fall Cleanup Day and seeks volunteers to help organize and carry out town cleanup efforts. The Parks and Recreation Department and the Main Street Project are involved, with others invited to join by calling 758-4160 or 758-3696 for information or to volunteer.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Chile Cookoff Back On at Sagebrush Inn
The Chile Cookoff returns on October 18 at Sagebrush Inn with red and green championships, Miss Chile Pepper title, and traditional events. Contact Richard Vick after 5 p.m. at 776-8787 for applications. International Society membership is $15 and entry is $15. Spectators pay $3.50 to enjoy chile, dance, Taos Pueblo performers, and contests including Miss Chile and a Shoot and Holler pepper-eating event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagebrush Inn
Richard Vick
International Society
Taos Pueblo
Taos County Wins PILT Payment To Offset Federal Lands
Taos County will receive 483,747 dollars through the PILT program to compensate for non taxable federal lands including Bureau of Land Management Forest Service and Taos Pueblo. PILT totals about 15 percent of the county’s budget and supports up to half of county lands may face cuts by Congress. County manager Samuel O Montoya says PILT could be targeted by eastern lawmakers though protections may last four to five years. Revenue sharing reductions this year cost Taos 420,000 and pushed property taxes higher. Senator Pete Domenici announced a 10.6 million PILT payment for New Mexico to acknowledge counties lose revenue when large areas are federal lands.
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Taos County
Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service
Taos Pueblo
Congress
Samuel O. Montoya
Pilt
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
AG opinion sought on Twining mil levy
Albuquerque legislator asks attorney general for opinion on whether Twining Water and Sanitation District may levy an eight mil tax without a referendum and if tax revenue may fund road maintenance. The district places tax and roads on January ballot. voters will decide and two board seats are up.
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Kate McGraw
Santa FE
Albuquerque
Twining Water and Sanitation District
Twining
Sanitation Board
Taos
Ski Valley
Jim Browning
Samuel O. Montoya
Kevin Zangara
Zangara
Taos Town Seeks 800000 Hotel Grant for Don Fernando de Taos
The Taos Town Council unanimously approved applying for 800000 in federal grant money as gap financing for a new 126 room hotel on the Bill Miller property at Paseo Sur. The plan includes property purchase and architectural design costs. approval depends on the federal loan process with no guarantee. Sagebrush Inn owner Ken Blair voiced envy yet supported the application.
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Taos
Bill Miller
Paseo Sur
Miller
Don Fernando de Taos
Sagebrush Inn
Ken Blair
Taos County Eyes Public Hospital Plan With HUD Loans
Taos County officials will pursue an eight to ten million dollar federally guaranteed HUD loan package to build a county owned hospital. Commission approval sets a ten year lease plan with a management firm to avoid political shifts and emphasizes community control as essential for economic development.
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Bille Blair
Taos County
Holy Cross Hospital
Taos County Commission
Taos County Extends Indigent Tax For Five Years
Taos County voted emergency to extend the indigent tax of a quarter of one percent for five more years to fund Holy Cross Hospital. The move, coming after a missed publication deadline, aims to keep hospital bills paid for poor residents. an additional one eighth of one percent could be added but is unlikely.
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Taos
Samuel O. Montoya
Commission
Lawrence Gallegos
Montoya
Holy Cross Hospital
Julia Valerio
Holy Cross
Telesfor Gonzales
Valerio
St. Vincent
Santa Fe
Hair Cross
Penasco
Espanola Hospital
Inside A-1T Red B-10 A-10 union.
A fragmented OCR snippet references a union topic with coded labels and scattered letters, mentioning A-1T and B-10 A-10. The readable text provides no clear event date person or organization beyond the initials.
Weather forecast and past highs and lows
The high reached 81 degrees on Thursday September 24 with a low of 37 on Saturday September 26. Sunday and Tuesday September 27 and 29 also had notable lows. The National Weather Service expects afternoon showers with temperatures in the 70s and nights in the upper 20s.
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National Weather Service
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Robert Hawk
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Hawk
Twining Board
Michael Kaufman
Colin Alcott
Holy Cross’ Board
Alfred Vigil
Cecilia Torres
Maye
Yempo
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