When the legislative session was all said and done, Taos County received about $22.5 million in "capital outlay" money, those funds that are earmarked for projects … more

The public has until Monday (April 15) to make their voices heard on a new rule being proposed by the Trump administration that would change which rivers and streams are protected under certain federal laws. more

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján is running for Senate. The Democratic congressman from Nambé said in a video posted online Monday morning that he will seek Tom Udall’s seat next … more

A push to overturn an old, unenforceable abortion law failed at the Roundhouse this year.House Bill 51 would have struck from the state code a law from the 1960s that … more

Now that the lawmakers had a few days to reorient to the world, The Taos News asked them to give their constituents a rundown of the highs, lows and  just plain exhausting elements of the legislative session. more

“Now, I’m most certainly not retiring. I intend to find new ways to serve New Mexico and our country after I finish this term,” he said. more

More New Mexicans would qualify for medical marijuana, and the 70,000-plus patients already in the state's medical cannabis program would have to deal … more

The 60-day legislative session ended Saturday (March 16) with a down-to-the-wire agreement on a sweeping tax bill that will raise rates on e-cigarettes and new … more

The Taos County Board of Commissioners voted at a regular meeting Tuesday (March 19) to repeal a controversial resolution passed earlier in the month that expressed opposition to new gun control … more

The Cerro del Yuta Wilderness will comprise most of Ute Mountain, the volcanic dome lying west of State Road 522 near the New Mexico-Colorado border. Along with the Río San Antonio Wilderness, the two areas create about 21,500 acres of new wilderness within the quarter-million acre Río Grande del Norte National Monument. more