Anyone who’s ever grown food at elevation knows some crops flourish, while others are hypersensitive to the erratic weather. Others still don’…
In the past few weeks, friends and family have been expressing dismay by using terms like coup, unconstitutional, anti-democratic and oligarch…
As a father, I feel fiercely protective of my lovely, vibrant and youthful daughter. In response and defense toward any outside violation of h…
History is never erased. It should be re-examined and the truth be told. The process of coming to understand our past and envisioning our futu…
There’s a bill doing well in the legislature that I hope gets the governor’s signature: House Bill 207, which would raise the adoption tax cre…
Once again, a reader’s letter to Dr. Ted Wiard in the Feb 27 Taos News speaks to the theme of how to live together best. The headline declares…
Imagine a million-acre wilderness: Mountain peaks. Rushing rivers. Bears and wolves. Now imagine a city-sized population of, say, Chicago. In …
If one were to make a movie about Taos — the real Taos — there’d be plenty of material from which to choose. You’d find tales filled with poli…
Weather depending, New Mexico residents could catch a glimpse of a total eclipse and blood moon next Thursday and Friday (March 13-14). While …
As any parent or guardian knows, the time when teenagers become interested in dating is full of excitement but also full of complications. Tho…
This month’s Know Your Neighbor interview was held on an unseasonably warm February day over my first ice cream of the season at Taos Cow @ An…
With tourism slowing, the threat of wildfire rising, affordable housing in short supply and a major road project still choking the downtown, r…
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Volunteering to keep Taos County's trails clean, accessible to the public
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Total lunar eclipse, blood moon to take place March 13-14
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Taos can walk and chew gum at the same time
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Taos County’s economy depends on tourism, but diversification is the future
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Renaming Kit Carson Park is far from Taos’ most pressing issue
For millions of years, America’s migratory big game herds moved unfettered across the continent in search of seasonal foods, mates and new hab…
Valentine’s Day is here, and I must admit in these troubled times there is something sweet about turning our focus on love. I am heartened to …
Sometimes when I drive past the little house my wife and I bought when we first married 30 years ago, it makes me sad. Not only because of nos…
For millions of years, America’s migratory big game herds moved unfettered across the continent in search of seasonal foods, mates and new hab…
Valentine’s Day is here, and I must admit in these troubled times there is something sweet about turning our focus on love. I am heartened to …
Sometimes when I drive past the little house my wife and I bought when we first married 30 years ago, it makes me sad. Not only because of nos…
Taos is like a beloved restaurant where the menu rarely changes. Only so often are its patrons willing to try something different, and any new…
Hundreds of acres of forest in Taos County have recently been denuded thanks to a recent outbreak of a native insect that’s about an inch long…
Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in Southern California lures me back every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highwa…
At night, you could hear the echo of gunfire followed by bullets whizzing by. Occasionally a round might strike a sandbag with a sharp thud. B…
Except for minor offenses that can be resolved with a stroke of a pen, crime is often complicated. Serious charges require courts to balance a…
