Taos Hospital seeks tax hike for new regional center
Holy Cross Hospital directors propose raising local gross receipts taxes to fund a 5 to 10 million dollar, state-of-the-art regional medical center in Taos. With Esplanola 40 miles away, the board warns closing would cost 3.3 million in annual payroll, as investors retreat from Barry Marks plan.
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Holy Cross Hospital
Taos
Taos Health Systems, Inc
Holy Cross
Alfredo Vigil
Vigil
Espafiola
New Orleans
Barry Marks
Taos Regional Medical Center
Lutheran Medical Services
Marks
Mike Sinclair
Sinclair
Taos traffic plan rules out bypass at public hearing
Residents at Coronado Center expressed doubt about the Traffic and Transportation Master Plan's conclusion that a bypass is unnecessary. The study, covering 11,878 projected Taos trips in the 2009 one hour rush, finds 757 through trips. Community members urged expanding Blueberry Hill Road as a bypass west of town.
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Coronado Center
Alfred Cordova
Taos Municipal Schools
Charley Brooks
Taos
Car crash injures Taos woman after recall-related drive
Charlotte Sanchez, 71, drove off from First State Bank drive-up in Taos Plaza at high speed. Her 1987 Mercury Topaz, awaiting fuel injector repairs, crashed through a cinderblock wall into a vacant lot and stopped near Camino de la Placita. Sanchez was treated at Holy Cross Hospital and released the same day.
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Anne Mondragon
First State Bank of
Taos
Charlotte Sanchez
Mondragon
Sanchez
Saki Karavas
Camino de la Placita
Taos Motors
Jeff Espinoza
Espinoza
Holy Cross Hospital
Taos airport expansion gets official go ahead
Earl Cook says federal authorities ordered no hold up and urged the Taos Municipal Airport expansion to proceed despite a lawsuit. The project includes an 8600 foot cross wind runway and engineering work, with $5 million in initial federal funding expected by July 1 and total cost near $10 million. A June lawsuit by the Taos Coalition for an Environmental Impact Statement challenges the 1986 environmental assessment.
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Earl Cook
Taos Municipal
Cook
Taos
The
Taos Coalition
Coalition
Taos County cuts elderly commodities program sparks protests
More than 20 Taos residents protested the elimination of free government commodities for seniors after the county commission saved $27,000 last September. Lucy Mares urged the board, noting budget pressures and the need for winter access, while Commission chairman Michael Trujillo said he opposed the cut but others pursued it to balance the 1990-91 budget.
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County Commission
Taos
Lucy Mares
Commission
Michael Trujillo
Mares
Taos County
Department of
Nambe
Taos Community Auditorium Profile Spotlight
Inside the Taos Community Auditorium a feature profiles two local treasures in a Page A-9 item. Copyright 1990 Crepusculo, Inc.
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Taos Community Auditorium
Crepusculo, Inc
Taos Schools Tackle Drug Abuse Across Grades
Taos Municipal Schools confront youth drug use noting it is not uniquely worse here but remains a problem. Inhalants pose severe risks with potential brain damage after months of use. About 67 elementary students need special attention. 15 have been sent to treatment centers.
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Taos
Jodee Powers
Powers
Taos Junior High
Sophomore remembers drugged existence at Taos High
Susanna a 16 year old Taos High sophomore recalls four months in a Santa Rosa drug and alcohol treatment center after probation prompted help. She describes early trouble, an 8th grade probation assignment, and a party lifestyle from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. while under constant supervision.
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Susanna
Taos High School
Santa Rosa
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