Medina 24 found dead after car crash near Taos
Taos police report Medina was found dead in a front seat of a car that crashed into a fence on Las Cruces Road near Spruce Street. Investigators consider homicide possible. autopsy pending. Witness saw a person run away. Car borrowed from Medina’s girlfriend. Detectives collect fingerprints and forensic data.
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Chris Medina
Maria Martinez
Medina
Las Cruces Road
Spruce Street
Taos
Neil Curran
Curran
Man Killed in Taos Area Had Plans for School and Family
Chris Medina, 24, of Rio Rancho, was killed Saturday. He planned to return to school, teach his nephew to snowboard, and marry next summer. A Mass for Medina was held at San Francisco de Asis Church in Ranchos de Taos. He attended Taos High through 11th grade and worked in construction, as a prep cook, and as a ski lift operator. he enjoyed hunting, fishing, dirt bikes, and pit bulls.
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Chris Medina
Norma Espinoza
Rio Rancho
Medina
San Francisco de Asis
Ranchos de Taos
Taos High School
Albuquerque
Angel Fire Ski Resort
Taos County Democrats Ordered to Run Fresh Elections
Taos County Democratic Party members clash as the state party orders new precinct and county officer elections within 60 days. Chair Frank Skitt Trujillo threatens legal action while opposing faction DAG disputes the process as lawful and fair. If elections aren’t called within two weeks, the state will take over.
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Taos
Las Cruces
Diane Denish
State Democratic Party
Skitt Trujillo
Bins
Denish
Trujillo
Taos County
Democratic
Democratic Action Group of
Paos County
DAG
Vietnam memorial comes to Angel Fire
Dava Shumsky Ansell of Angel Fire plans to touch her late husband’s name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial through The Moving Wall visit to the Angel Fire chapel from Oct. 10 to Oct. 17. The black plexiglass wall lists 58,132 dead, including more than 400 New Mexicans and 19 missing in action.
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Dava Shumsky
Ansell
Angel Fire
Washington, D.C
U.S. Army
S “Screaming Eagles
D.C
New Mexico
Vietnam Veterans National Memorial
Angel Fire Chapel
Washington
Scruggs
Yale
Albuquerque
Hot Shot dies in La Jolla forest blaze tragedy
Gregory Pacheco, 20, of the Pelasco 5 Hot Shots crew, died Tuesday from injuries sustained while battling the La Jolla forest fire in California. He was struck by a falling boulder at 12 30 am Sunday while on the front lines, national forest officials said.
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Gregory Pacheco
Pelasco 5 Hot Shots
la Jolla
California
National Forest
Pacheco
Taos High to Expel Students for Possession of Firearms
A Taos hearing outlined a 180 day expulsion for any student found guilty of having a firearm on a Taos school campus with Superintendent Roberto Gonzales stating the sentence is the minimum and cannot supersede state or federal law. By Sept 23 two Taos High School seniors, Patrick Winters and Martin Martinez, were involved.
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Taos
Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales
Taos High School
Serines Patrick Winters
Martin Martinez
Wal-Mart halts work in Taos town site talks
Wal-Mart has paused work on a Taos town site amid talks with Taos Pueblo officials about a potential supercenter on Pueblo land. Taos Pueblo Enterprises director Ton Teagarden said comments must come from tribal leadership, and officials did not return calls. The halt followed comments late Monday and was reported Tuesday October 4.
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Wal-Mart
Taos
Taos Pueblo
Pueblo
Ton Teagarden
Wal Mart
Teagarden
Alex Abeyta
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