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🌱 What Taos residents should do now to help ease water shortages

Taos, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • What Taos residents should do now to help ease water shortages
  • Small Wheeler Peak wildfire highlights growing lightning fire activity near Taos

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinoceros? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 90, low: 61.
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Taos asks residents to conserve water amid storage tank problems (kob.com) — Taos officials are asking residents and businesses to voluntarily cut back on water use after storage tank problems and a monitoring-system malfunction left some homes with low or no pressure. Crews have fixed a major leak but are still restoring storage levels, so locals are urged to limit outdoor watering, shorten showers, run full loads only, and report any visible leaks.
   

• Crews respond to small wildfire near Wheeler Peak in Carson National Forest (abqjournal.com subscription) — Fire crews are containing a very small wildfire near Wheeler Peak in Carson National Forest, after a resident reported smoke in a blowdown area hit by 2021 winds in Taos County. With recent lightning sparking several minor fires, including near Las Trampas and in Upper Red River Valley, Taos Pueblo’s Snowballs hotshots and Forest Service teams remain busy mopping up.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Wed/ @ 11:00 - 12noon.
    Mountain Heart Wellness 4155 N. Hwy. 68, Ranchos, Body Fitness - light weights, cardio, stretching -- (Nextdoor Los Cordovas - State Rd)
  • Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Night Clerk in Taos. Apply here.
  • Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Taos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Taos here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Angel Fire Resort Completes Major Milestone For New Mexico's First High Speed Six Pack (unofficialnetworks.com)

Los Alamos

  • Candace Vargas And Northern 505 To Headline Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Friday Night At Ashley Pond Park (ladailypost.com)
  • Christus Health expands services to Los Alamos hospital, Albuquerque clinic (searchlightnm.org)
  • Interfaith Los Alamos Holds Backpack/School Supply Drive (ladailypost.com)

Ok Taos! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: ‘Ell if I know. (Thank you KYLE B. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Taos

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