Drunk driver pleads no contest in Craft death case
Paul Trujillo Jr. pleaded no contest to homicide by motor vehicle while intoxicated for the September 1989 crash that killed David Craft, with two passengers injured. The plea came minutes before jury selection in Las Vegas district court. The state dropped great bodily injury and leaving the scene charges. A pre-sentencing report will guide sentencing, with a maximum of three years in prison and fines up to $5,000. civil action pending by Rothstein and others against county officials remains ongoing.
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Paul Trujillo Jr
David Craft
Trujillo
Manuel Pablito
Craft
Pefiasco
Clifford Trujillo
Mark Trujillo
Las Vegas
Bennie E. Flores
Gerald Baca
Baca
Albuquerque
Billy Blackburn
Blackburn
Santa Fe
Bob Rothstein
Mike Kaufman
Kaufman
Two DWI charged candidates face election in November
County clerk candidate Carmen Medina pleaded no contest to a DWI charge in September after a 1:20 a.m. Aug. 18 arrest on U.S. 64 with a .18 BAC. She was fined 300 for DWI and 100 for no insurance, plus 70 suspended. speeding was dropped and she must attend a DWI class. County assessor candidate Margie Abeyta was charged with DWI in early October on U.S. 64 after a broken taillight stop. she pleaded not guilty and a trial date was not set. Abeyta refused a breath test after failing a field sobriety test. Medina is on the November ballot. Abeyta faces Democrat opponent Randy T. Trujillo.
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Carmen Medina
DWI
Margie Abeyta
Abeyta
Medina
Betty Gonzales
U.S
U.S. 64
Randy T. Trujill
Resort buyers allege misled in Ski Rio purchase talks
A Taiwan firm and its holding company Zambala claim buyers were misled during negotiations with the FDIC over Ski Rio. Zambala states earnest money stays in escrow and government sale legality may block a different buyer. About 170 jobs were lost as the resort won’t open this winter.
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Ski Rio
Zambala Corp
Claude Tung
Zambala
Eagle Foods
Taiwan
Federal Deposit Insurance Co
FDIC
San Gabriel
Calif
Tung
David Hendricks
Dallas
Amalia
Lawrence Smith
Smith
Ski Rio purchase eyed by Eagle Foods official Wong
Zambala’s deal to buy Ski Rio stalled as attempts to contact Hendricks and Smith fail. Tung notes Wong's interest in the ski area to boost U S employment in Northern New Mexico, with others handling negotiations while Zambala pursues the purchase through Sagebrush Inn contacts.
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Zambala Dea
Hendricks
Amalia
Ski Rio
Smith
Sagebrush Inn
Taos
Ken Blair
Silver Tree Lodge
Eagle Foods
United States
New Mexico
Taos County Democrats host big party with King and Luna
Taos County Democratic Party hosted a Saturday gathering at Floyd's Lounge drawing 500 or more including gubernatorial candidate Bruce King and running mate Casey Luna. State and local officials pressed campaign literature while criticizing Republicans and President Carruthers.
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Taos County
Floyd’s
Bill Richardson
Jeff Bingaman
Fred Peralta
Washington, D.C
Democratic Party
Frank R. “Skitt
Trujillo
Ramon “Batman
Bruce King
County Commission
David Fernandez
Margie Abeyta
Betty Gonzales
David King
Robert Vigil
Erné Serna
Corporation Commission
Floyd
King
Casey Luna
Los Alegres
Ray Powell
Garvey Carruthers
Taos
Powell
Republican Party
George B. Carruthers
Frank Bond
Ronald Reagan
Harding
Carruthers
Carlos Cisneros
Peralta
Alliance backs BLM in Rio Grande corridor dispute
Rio Grande Alliance steering committee member Charlee Myers says the group will not seek another agency to manage the Taos County Rio Grande corridor. Biologist Ron Gardiner joined Myers after meeting BLM Director Larry Woodard in Albuquerque. The alliance had urged creating a new agency two months earlier.
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Rio Grande Alliance
Bureau of Land Management
Rio Grande Corridor
Taos County
Charlee Myers
BLM
Alliance
The
Rio Grande
Daylight saving time ends with clocks set back
Daylight savings time ends this year at 2 a.m. Sunday October 28. Clocks go back one hour at bedtime Saturday October 27, shifting Monday October 29 appointments one hour later than Friday October 26. The change follows the sun’s position as guidance.
Taos Weather and Balloon Festival Preview
Taos saw a high of 66 on Friday and a low of 23 on Monday. The forecast for Oct 25 to Oct 27 calls for mostly sunny skies with a gradual warming trend as the eighth annual balloons festival arrives in Taos. Inside Tempo, read festival stories and the events calendar.
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Taos
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Peter McDonald
Pigase Seg Resort
Bashes
Eric Serna
Mike Stauffer
Columbus Ferguson
Eloy Jeantete
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