Taos High suspends seniors for gun offense
Taos High School suspended seniors Patrick Winters and Martin Martinez Jr for the remainder of the school year after a rifle was found in Winters van on a reported threat. They may pursue homebound schooling to graduate with their class. appeals and hearings followed the incident.
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Taos High
Taos High School
Patrick Winters
Martin Martinez Jr
Winters
Tasos High School
JoAnn Romero
Martinez
Martin Martinez Sr
Roberto
Bobby” Gonzales
Pueblo
Tafoya
Town of
Taos
Lee
Fifth Quarter party offers teens safe Friday fun in Taos
About 125 Taos teens gathered at Taos Assembly of God Church for the second Fifth Quarter event after Taos High School games. Organized by two local churches, the night featured rap, break dancing, big-screen games, free pizza and soda, with door prizes and a dance contest won by Taos High student Carlos Mondragon. He praised the church setting as safer than cruising parking lots or woods parties, noting his own curfew and probation for prior party misbehavior.
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Sharyn Oblatz
Taos
Canyons
First Baptist
Carlos Mondragon
Mondragon
Taos High School
Tommy Hilfiger
First Baptist Church
Taos man submits charter school plan
Taos resident Gary Embler seeks Taos Public Charter School approval, arguing the Charter Schools Act gives parents real choice in education. The plan describes an alternative curriculum and startup under local board authorization, aiming to address financing and governance issues faced by existing charters.
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Taos Man Submits Charter
Gary Embler
Taos
Taos School Board
Albuquerque
Portales
Santa Fe
Embler
New Mexico
Drug fight over cocaine tied to Medina shooting death
In Taos last week 24 year old Chris Medina was killed in a car shooting tied to a dispute over $250 in cocaine sales. Andrew Martinez 27 faces first degree murder and evidence tampering charges after arraignment. Martinez allegedly shot Medina and fled, later turning himself in at his attorney's office. The case includes claims of self defense by Martinez and discussions on whether to pursue the death penalty.
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Chris Medina
Taos
Andrew Martinez
Medina
Martinez
Betty Gonzales
Las Cruces
John Day
Day
Lee Deschamps
Deschamps
Firefighter Greg Pacheco laid to rest in Rio Lucio home
Gregory Pacheco 20 died after being struck by a 40 pound boulder while fighting the La Jolla fire near Palomar Observatory. A Hot Shot firefighter in Palomar District, he leaves parents Edward and Laura and sister Edwina. Friends recall his love of outdoors, family, and band life.
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Gregory Pacheco
Matthew Pacheco
Pacheco
U.S. Forest Service
Pefiasco Valley
la Jolla
Palomar
California
Greg
Penasco High School
Lenny Romero
Frankie Rodriguez
Vivica
The
Picuris Pueblo
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Mary Esther Winters
Patrick
Taos Pueblo
Ques
Totman
Lee Fun
Megan Bowers
Assembly of God Church
Prim
Primo
Romero
Rodriguez
Pantera
Sepultura
Megadeath
Vivicn Gonzales
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