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 …
The holidays are over, and the decorations have been put away. Temperatures have dropped, and the wind has picked up. Although I loved visitin…
Three Taos Pueblo artists — Juan Mirabal, Albert Looking Elk Martinez and Albert Martinez — made names for themselves through their remarkable…
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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When the Fourth of July rolls around, I look forward to friends, family and fun. A good part of that fun for me is cooking up a selection of o…
Here in Taos, Father’s Day arrives just in time to launch summer activities. Schools have let out. Folks are camping, hiking, swimming, garden…
For many of us, Memorial Day Weekend means the start of summer. We’re more than ready to throw off the threat of surprise snowstorms and freez…
When the Fourth of July rolls around, I look forward to friends, family and fun. A good part of that fun for me is cooking up a selection of o…
Here in Taos, Father’s Day arrives just in time to launch summer activities. Schools have let out. Folks are camping, hiking, swimming, garden…
For many of us, Memorial Day Weekend means the start of summer. We’re more than ready to throw off the threat of surprise snowstorms and freez…
Despite centuries being native to lands that would eventually be known as the United States of America, Indigenous people would not be conside…
Taos County declared the week of May 5-11 "Taos News Appreciation Week" at the Taos County Historical Society's luncheon at the Sagebrush Inn …
Fresh berries, luscious and sweet, beautifully communicate the bright flavors of spring. While berries are now available all year round, nothi…
Spring is a time of transition. Better weather beckons, and we seek to get outdoors. Yet we are still drawn to the comfort of curling up on th…
A miracle in ancient times was considered an unquestionable divine incident, proof that a supreme being through physical or spiritual action m…