By Michael Tashji
A protest against the installation of a water pipeline under U.S. 64 west abruptly ended Wednesday evening (Feb. 24) when heavy equipment oper…
William "Buck" Johnston, a Llano Quemado man who climbed a water drilling rig in protest of the Abeyta water rights settlement in March 2019, …
Galloping horses depicted in large oil paintings on the walls of the meeting room at the Sagebrush Inn added an energizing backdrop to a stead…
After more than three years, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the environmental impact of the Abeyta Water Rights Settlement.
On the shoulder of U. S. Highway 64 with Taos Mountain, Taos mesa and El Prado Water and Sanitation District's newest well site as a backdrop,…
Emblazoned with the letters DRAFT set crosswise on the cover, a stapled copy of the Water Quality Report from Midway Well number 5 lay on the …
Two public meetings about the implementation of Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement, aka Abeyta Settlement, will be scheduled in the ne…
Ranchos-area water plan calls for centralization amid Abeyta Settlement implementation An evaluation and master plan for water infrastructure …
Guardians of Taos Water, the loose coalition of water protectors and activists that has been drawing attention to a complex water rights settl…
The New Mexico branch of the International Indigenous Youth Council is hosting a prayer run Sunday (April 14) to bring attention to water issu…
So you’re curious about the Abeyta Settlement. You’ve read our news articles about it, talked with your neighbors and “just heard things.” But…
A district court judge in Taos issued a preliminary injunction today (April 2) that prevents a loose association of water protestors from stag…
The Abeyta Settlement is a complex water-sharing agreement among the major water users in the Taos Valley, like the town of Taos, Taos Pueblo…
More than anything else, the action was meant to draw a collective focus to what they say are worrying aspects of the Abeyta Settlement -- the…
The settlement is essentially a water-sharing agreement for the Taos Valley. Here's some answers to common questions about the Abeyta Settlement.
The Acequia Madre del Rio Lucero y Arroyo Seco voted Saturday (March 16) not to pay its membership dues to the Taos Valley Acequia Association…
More than anything else, the action was meant to draw a collective focus to what they say are worrying aspects of the Abeyta Settlement -- the…
The settlement is essentially a water-sharing agreement for the Taos Valley. Here's some answers to common questions about the Abeyta Settlement.
The Acequia Madre del Rio Lucero y Arroyo Seco voted Saturday (March 16) not to pay its membership dues to the Taos Valley Acequia Association…
Buck Johnston breezed through the front door of the Taos County Adult Detention Center Monday (March 18) with a smile on his face after spendi…
Song and drumming filled the morning as a local water activist finished his four-day action atop a 60-foot-tall drilling rig. Buck Johnston cl…
The water activist who on Thursday (March 14) climbed a water well drilling rig plans to come down Sunday morning. “Buck [Johnston] plans to d…
The protest at the site of a well drilling rig is in its second day Friday (March 15), which started around dawn with the arrest of one person…
A group of self-described water protectors have initiated a nonviolent prayer action at a water well site in Taos County Thursday (March 14) t…
More than anything else, the action was meant to draw a collective focus to what they say are worrying aspects of the Abeyta Settlement -- the…
The settlement is essentially a water-sharing agreement for the Taos Valley. Here's some answers to common questions about the Abeyta Settlement.
The Acequia Madre del Rio Lucero y Arroyo Seco voted Saturday (March 16) not to pay its membership dues to the Taos Valley Acequia Association…
Buck Johnston breezed through the front door of the Taos County Adult Detention Center Monday (March 18) with a smile on his face after spendi…
Song and drumming filled the morning as a local water activist finished his four-day action atop a 60-foot-tall drilling rig. Buck Johnston cl…
The water activist who on Thursday (March 14) climbed a water well drilling rig plans to come down Sunday morning. “Buck [Johnston] plans to d…
The protest at the site of a well drilling rig is in its second day Friday (March 15), which started around dawn with the arrest of one person…
A group of self-described water protectors have initiated a nonviolent prayer action at a water well site in Taos County Thursday (March 14) t…
Greetings fellow Taoseños! I would like to introduce our organization, Guardians of Taos Water, to the broader Taos community and clarify our …
The Abeyta Water Rights settlement was years in the making, but 2019 looks to be the year that some ideas written into the massive court negot…
While demonstrators inspected the well site, several indigenous women offered prayers. Among them was Taos resident Pat McCabe, who said water…
Taos County Commissioner Candyce O'Donnell wants the county to affirm its local support of the Paris Agreement, the global commitment to tackl…
Tuesday (Oct. 9) During its 4 p.m. Tuesday meeting, the Taos town council will ratify a grant for the Abeyta water project and consider approv…
The vote passed 3 to 2, with councilors Darien Fernandez and Pascualito Maestas voting against accepting roughly $2.8 million.
