Faulty radio equipment hits Taos County emergency crews
Emergency officials in northern Taos County warn that malfunctioning radio repeaters hinder dispatch communications five months after officials raised concerns. Chiefs report lives at risk as departments rely on fragile phone trees while the new Taos dispatch center faced a power related firewall corruption causing a 911 pause last week.
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Dispatch Center
Civic Plaza
Rodriguez
Gusdorf Drive
Great outdoors: Octogenarians embrace active outdoor life
Olive and Lloyd Bolander, both 86, stay active outdoors with disc golf and runs on fresh powder. They also enjoy puttering around the house and occasional dirt bike rides, highlighting a lively, stays-active lifestyle in later years.
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Olive
Lloyd Bolander
Obituaries: Four Local residents die in September
Death notices report Frank J. Madrid aged 76 of Arroyo Seco died September 18 Kelvin Leonard Pacheco 36 of Espafiola and formerly Rio Lucio died September 20 José Joe Romero Jr 68 died September 21 and Louise Patricia Ortiz 83 of Ohkay Owingeh died September 21 Email notices list eight obituaries in this section.
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Frank J. Madrid
Arroyo Seco
Kelvin Leonard Pacheco
Espafiola
Rio Lucio
José “Joe” Romero Jr
Louise Patricia Ortiz
Ohkay Owingeh
Tempo Basketball Scores Doubleheader Victory
Tempo 58 DS Tempo 47 in a competitive game showing Tempo hold early lead and maintain pressure to secure the win. Key players contributed steady scoring as Tempo moved ahead in the second half and finished with solid defense to seal the victory.
Taos County Leaders Urge Greater Transparency at Holy Cross
Taos County commissioners and Taos councilors spent two hours in a Tuesday morning joint session focusing on Holy Cross Hospital transparency and community involvement after Sept. 9 layoffs. Hospital staff and patients voiced concern and outrage as 44 employees were terminated in the latest round of cuts following the hospital’s strategic plan approval.
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Taos
Holy Cross
Fiber optic outage blamed on road crew near Cimarron
A break in a CenturyLink fiber optic cable severed by a road crew near Cimarron disrupted phone and Internet service across the Taos area for most of Sept. 19. The outages, one of three since 2012, halted data traffic to several providers until repairs were completed in under 24 hours.
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Red River
Pefiasco
CenturyLink
Taos
Taos Canyon
Ute Park
Eddie Campos
Taos News
US 64
Campos
Bo Simmons
JH Supply Co
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative
Luis Reyes
Co-Op
Moreno Valley
Cimarrén Canyon
Springer
Internet
Kit Carson Telecom
DSL
TaosNet
David Gonzales
Gonzales
Local businesses hit by service interruption near Cimarron
On Thursday September 19 a severed fiber optic cable near Cimarron cut cell phone and Internet service for most of the day. Taos Chamber of Commerce chair Brad Malone feared the impact on Taos businesses as guests canceled or redirected plans. Local workers and residents faced spotty landlines, underscoring the disruption to commerce and remote software work.
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Brad Malone
Taos County
Taos
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