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🌱 What Angel Fire’s drought emergency means for already-stressed Taos-area water supplies.

Taos, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min read

Coffee in hand, Taos? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Angel Fire’s drought emergency means for already-stressed Taos-area water supplies.
  • Which Taos clinics are getting a slice of $50M in state aid?
  • How a Taos filmmaker is rethinking wildfire, justice and “good fire.”

Also on today's calendar: One Summer Night.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 90, low: 55.
  • Saturday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 90 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Village of Angel Fire declares 'drought emergency' (abqjournal.com subscription) — Water worries are mounting close to home, with Angel Fire declaring a drought emergency just after the Town of Taos discovered a major tank leak and system glitch that pushed municipal water to critical levels. Much of Cerro near Questa in northern Taos County has also been without water since a pump failed in May, all against the backdrop of extreme regional drought and looming record heat.
   

2. State Awards $50M To 41 Rural Healthcare Organizations (ladailypost.com) — Several Taos-area providers, including Holy Cross Medical Center, Taos Medical Group, and El Centro Family Health, are receiving a share of $50 million in new state funding for rural healthcare. The grants aim to keep clinics open and strengthen primary, behavioral, maternal, and specialty care across rural New Mexico, with multiple awards targeted specifically to Taos communities.
   

3. Q&A: The Filmmaker Asking Hard Questions About Wildfires (goodmenproject.com) — A Taos-based filmmaker is drawing on her recent move to the area to tell a four-year story about communities recovering from the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon wildfire and their fraught relationship with federal land managers. She highlights Taos County’s acequia-inspired co-stewardship program as a hopeful, locally rooted model, while wrestling with how justice for fire victims and science-driven climate adaptation can coexist. Her impact campaign aims to spark conversations in rural places about “good fire,” FEMA’s limits, and new power-sharing approaches on public lands.
   

4. Here's how New Mexico is approaching its cancer plan (searchlightnm.org) — Taos residents are being reached through new outreach cancer clinics run by Christus St. Vincent as part of New Mexico’s updated statewide cancer plan. The plan aims to boost early detection, expand insurance coverage for screenings, and tackle provider shortages that delay diagnosis and treatment across the state, especially in rural Northern New Mexico communities.
   

5. Wildland crews respond to 15 lightning-caused fires across New Mexico in 8 days (abqjournal.com subscription) — Lightning storms are igniting small wildfires across New Mexico’s national forests as August monsoon rains underperform, with Taos County sitting under dramatic but mostly dry skies. From Taos down to El Paso, many areas have received only 25–50% of normal rainfall, leaving fuels dry while crews tackle multiple lightning-caused fires and forecasters eye a possible moisture uptick mainly for western New Mexico next week.
   

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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: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Taos

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