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Updated: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:38:55 -0400
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A New 1.5-Megawatt Solar Plant for Taos
The Kit Carson Rural Electric Cooperative in Taos has signed a power purchase agreement with Standard Solar Inc. for a 1.5-megawatt solar electric generating facility. Under the agreement, Kit Carson will purchase electricity from the utility-scale photovoltaic facility for 25 years. ...
Town of Taos WMD Event
Federal, state and local pubic safety agencies conducted a training exercise June 8, 2011 in Taos, New Mexico USA. The exercise simulated an incident in which a possibly toxic "white powder" was delivered to and released in Town Hall. The exercise involved evacuating all civilians an...
Ray Cortez Charged with 39 Poaching Counts
TAOS – A Taos man with a history of wildlife crimes has been charged with 39 counts of poaching in connection with the illegal killing and possession of 29 deer, five bears, one cougar and four elk through August 2010. Ray Cortez, 25, also is accused of outfitting without...
Acequia Cleaning in Taos
Video 6min 50sec.  Each spring, community members along the acequia system in Taos, New Mexico USA get together to clean the irrigation ditches in preparation for watering fields and gardens during the warm weather months. This video shows the cleaning of the San Francisco de Pauda Ac...



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Natural Gas Outage Hits Local Taos Economy
News Video - 1min 35sec. As New Mexico endured record cold — two mountain towns hit 36 degrees below zero — natural gas service to...
School Board Protest Aimed at Mayor & Taos News
Video - 9min 52sec. The Brown Berets, led by Field Marshal Juanito Burns, held a protest April 15, 2010 with Taos Municipal School Boa...
Video: Taos PD Welcomes New Drug Dog Brady
Video (4min 46sec): Taos Police Department Welcomes New Drug Dog Brady. The Taos Police Department initiates its first K-9 unit by t...
Video: Taos Community Auditorium Reopens
Video (5min 30sec): Taos Community Auditorium Reopens. The Taos local community got together for a happy evening to celebrate the reo...
Cell Phone Tower: Just How Far is Safe?
Cell Phone Tower: Just How Far is Safe? by Taraka Serrano. Do you live within a quarter mile of a cell phone tower? If you do, your h...
Video: Invasion of Potholes Near Taos Plaza
Video (4min 3sec): Invasion of Potholes Near Taos Plaza. Check out the massive and plentiful potholes near Taos Plaza, and get react...
Video: Taos Police Arrest Hit & Run Suspect
Video (1min 2sec): Taos Police Arrest Hit & Run Suspect in death of two year old. Gilbert Sánchez, 29, has been charged with ac...
Complete Taos County 2008 Election Results
Complete Taos County 2008 Election Results. U.S. SENATOR Tom Udall (D) 13,757 Steve Pearce (R) 2,551 PRESIDENT Barack Obama (D) 13,38...
Video: RFK Jr. Speaks to Taos Obamanos '08
Video (8min 5sec): RFK Jr. Speaks to Taos Obamanos '08. "...Even in this state four years ago, There were 40,000 Hispanics that didn'...
Free Trade Towns: San Francisco Joins Taos
First coffee and chocolate, now entire towns obtain Fair Trade status. Taos was among the first. Now, San Francisco is the seventh Am...
Taos Teens Kicked Off Train 600 Miles from Home
Stranded, alone and hundreds of miles from home, four Taos, New Mexico teens were left in western Arizona after they were kicked off ...
Double D Fire Burning Northwest of Taos
Two years ago, we in Taos had forest fires burning on four sides of town. Sure they were not as close as the July 4th Pueblo fire, b...
Taos County Declared Disaster Area?
Letter sent to the Taos News, HorseFly and Abq Journal COUNTY DECLARED DISASTER AREA? BECAUSE OF ROADS?   Try these numbers. Tow...
Food Not Bombs on Taos Plaza
Video (5min 0sec) of The Food Not Bombs movement which fed the hungry on Taos Plaza, Jan. 6, 2007. A short interview with Andrew Coop...
Taos County Residents Protest Animal Cruelty
Video (2min 37sec):Taos County Residents Protest Animal Cruelty After The Taos News uncovers deplorable conditions at the Taos County...