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Griffin Pond Animal Shelter’s board of directors appointed its interim executive director to a permanent position.
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11/8/18
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SCRANTON — A large crowd of students are accused of assaulting city police officers who broke up a fight near Scranton High School on Wednesday. Officers were not seriously injured, according to …
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11/8/18
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Loretta Trujillo, Questa village administrator, resigned following disagreements with the village’s mayor about who should ultimately bear the responsibility for the water crisis in December.
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By Cody Hooks, The Taos News
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3/16/17
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After a contentious, hours-long debate, the state House of Representatives voted by a wide margin for a bill to ban conversion therapy for minors — the widely discredited practice of attempting …
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By Andrew Oxford, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/16/17
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For some, the neon-painted, balloon-bearing signs that periodically line the roadway between Quesnel Street and the Taos County courthouse stand as emblems of peaceful protest based in First …
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Gov. Susana Martinez on Wednesday vetoed six bills that cleared the Legislature with overwhelming support, rankling lawmakers who complained that she never explained any of her …
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By Andrew Oxford, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/16/17
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The following is a condensed version of the Taos Police Department blotter from March 8-12.
March 8
8:58 a.m. Traffic accident, private property – Caller was wanting to report a …
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—Compiled by John Miller, The Taos News
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3/16/17
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Stray Hearts Animal Shelter, the non-profit that has been without a permanent executive director for over half a year, hired Jennifer Gfeller to assume that post in April.
Gfeller was the director …
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By Cody Hooks, The Taos News
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3/15/17
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The state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed yet another bill that would legalize research on industrial hemp.
The House voted 65-1 to pass House Bill 530, sponsored by Minority Leader …
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By Steve Terrell, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/15/17
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The warmer weather has some skiers frowning, but Taos Ski Valley wants you to turn that frown upside down.
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—Staff report, The Taos News
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3/14/17
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The Spark Truck, a mobile maker space quipped with tools, lights, gadgets and gizmos, will be rolling through Taos this week.
Twirl Play and Discovery Space, The School Zone Taos and the Lyle …
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By Cody Hooks, The Taos News
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3/14/17
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For seven consecutive years, Gov. Susana Martinez has unsuccessfully pushed a bill to hold back thousands of third-graders who score below par on standardized reading tests.
A pair of similar …
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By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/14/17
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Two days after Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed a bill that would have established a research program for industrial hemp, the proposal is back — this time put forth by a high-ranking member of her …
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By Sami Edge, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/14/17
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While the labor market in most of the United States has heated up, a stagnant New Mexico economy has left the state with the nation’s worst unemployment rate.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor …
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By Bruce Krasnow, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/14/17
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Dallas Loretto, a recent graduate of the Taos Educational and Career Center (TECC), was named an “outstanding student of the year” by the New Mexico Adult Education …
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—Staff report, The Taos News
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3/13/17
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Dr. Loretta Ortiz y Pino, a prominent health care professional and community figure in Taos County, died Feb. 28 at her home in Taos.
Ortiz y Pino, 63, died of ovarian cancer after undergoing 14 …
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By Damon Scott, The Taos News
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3/9/17
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The following is a condensed version of the Taos Police Department blotter from Feb. 22-27.
Feb. 22
8:49 a.m. Suicide subject, El Camino Lodge – A person in a room was yelling that he …
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—Compiled by John Miller, The Taos News
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3/8/17
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It was Tuesday morning when Heather Vaughan felt the first itch in her eyes.
“Is there an eyelash in there?” she thought to herself as she scratched away.
Then it dawned on her. She …
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By Sami Edge, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/8/17
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Coyotes and skunks won’t be added to the list of protected fur-bearing animals in New Mexico.
The state Senate Conservation Committee voted 6-3 Tuesday to block a bill that would have …
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By Milan Simonich, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/8/17
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A key Senate committee on Tuesday night pushed ahead a proposal to nearly double New Mexico’s tax on cigarettes to raise money for public schools.
Though health advocates say it would help …
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By Andrew Oxford, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/8/17
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Dear Ted,
I have noticed that the world seems to be moving super fast and I feel like it is hard to keep up.
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By Ted Wiard, For The Taos News
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3/8/17
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The state Senate voted 30-10 on Tuesday to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in public places much like other cigarettes, backing a proposal to curb what some public health advocates argue are the …
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By Andrew Oxford, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/7/17
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Every shop and store has a different story to tell. To get some perspective on the Habitat for Humanity ReStore story, The Taos News sat down with its manager, Tom Drake. Here’s what he had to …
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By Cody Hooks, The Taos News
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3/7/17
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New Mexico lawmakers are delivering on a promise to improve one of the state’s last-in-the-country rankings — the speed of broadband internet.
Several bills are moving through the …
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By Bruce Krasnow, The Santa Fe New Mexican
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3/7/17
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Five young men have earned their Eagle Scout badges, all from Troop 98 in Taos. Eagle Scout is the highest achievement attainable in the scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America.
Only 5 …
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—Staff report, The Taos News
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3/7/17
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