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Meetings this week: UNM-Taos rescheduled; hiring relatives in Questa; code violation review
Town of Taos There is no regular town council meeting this week but the historic preservation committee, Lodgers Tax committee and the finance audit committee will meet. The finance …
Nuestras Voces Chicanas read their work
Maria Dolores Gonzales and her group, Nuestras Voces Chicanas, will hold a public reading Tuesday (Sept. 18) at 6:30 p.m. at Las Pistoleras Instituto Cultural de Arte (1219 …
9th annual Taos Paella cookoff delights guests, helps school program
Professional chefs and students in the Taos High School Culinary Arts program joined forces and, in some cases, competed against each other at the 9th Annual Taos Paella Cookoff...
Local news
Holy Cross Hospital seeks more Taos County support
Despite modest financial improvements that distanced Holy Cross Hospital from the crisis it faced over the last several months, administrators at the medical center say additional support from …
Tradiciones - Leyendas
Subjects of legend
Tradiciones (traditions) continues to be a recognition and ovation of the rule-breakers, tradition-holders and history-makers that have molded this special place in the Sangre de Cristo mountains. It …
Taos gun store burglarized
Police are searching for at least one suspect who stole 21 weapons from a Taos gun shop in the early morning hours of Saturday (Sept. 15).
Crime
Courts
The Docket
The following is a selected overview of recent case activity in or related to the Taos County court system. All dates and times are subject to change.
NNM compound defendants detained in federal court
A New Mexico Magistrate Court judge ruled Wednesday (Sept. 12) at U.S. District Court in Albuquerque that five adults arrested at a compound in northern Taos County last month will remain jailed as federal charges filed against them are prosecuted.
Law enforcement on the lookout for stolen RV, dogs
Law enforcement officers are on the lookout for a stolen RV whose driver is apparently in Taos visiting relatives.
According to Taos Central Dispatch, the RV is a white 1995 Winnebago Rialta with …
Politics
Politics
Heinrich joins Johnson in call to legalize cannabis
As a newly elected U.S. senator, Martin Heinrich was cautious in 2012 when asked about legalizing marijuana. Up for re-election in November, the Democrat tweeted...
NM high court nixes straight-party voting
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Wednesday (Sept. 12) against straight-party voting.
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver had made a decision to allow people to mark a box on the November …
Toulouse Oliver stands firm on straight-party voting initiative
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver is sticking to her guns.In a 23-page response to a lawsuit filed by the state Republican and Libertarian parties and others, lawyers representing …
Environment
Environment
Brief: Methane rule reversal sparks backlash
Continuing with a sustained effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to roll back environmental regulations created in recent years to combat climate change, the EPA …
Environment
Poisoned eagles, and new trout species, discovered in nearby Colorado
Just north of the county and state border, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife has news, good and bad.
Environment
Popular hiking trail re-route, bike trail construction to start in TSV
TSV trail construction starting -- There's a bit of time before snow blankets the ground in Taos Ski Valley, and the Carson National Forest is allowing contractors to use that window to get started …
Business
Business
Overland Sheepskin Company celebrates 45 years in Taos
Maybe it was the mountain's way of calling them back. In 1973, when Jim Leahy and his fiancée passed through Taos on their way to Santa Fe, they had to return to retrieve the …
Hemp
Brief: Hemp cultivation meetings set for October
Hemp, the nonpsychoactive kin of marijuana, is starting to make it into the mainstream in New Mexico, and state agricultural administrators are trying to sort out the best way to do that.
Ranchos dollar store OKed by county planning commission
The Taos County Planning Commission voted Wednesday night (Sept. 12) to approve a permit for a Family Dollar store in Ranchos de Taos.
A Texas-based developer now has the approval needed to build …
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