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Raton gets $45K in MainStreet funding

Jon Barela, secretary of the New Mexico Economic Development Department, said the funding was approved during the 2011 special legislative session.


Memoir Recounts Author's Encounters with Secretive Zulu Traditions...

"I didn't choose Africa. Africa chose me," says Karen Baldwin, author of Ruby's World, My Journey with the Zulu.


Taos exhibit celebrates 'Remarkable Women'

Visitors walk toward Bent Street, named after Taos businessman Charles Bent, who was appointed as the civil governor of New Mexico in the late 1840s.


Smart Money touts New Mexico for retirees

Dubbing the state "the next Arizona," the magazine notes that retirees are finding better deals with a median home price of $150,000 and a cost of living 5 percent below the national average.


State submits its Medicaid redesign plan, but Native American advocates say they were left out

On April 25--just 48 hours before stricter federal requirements for community input took effect--the New Mexico Human Services Department submitted Centennial Care, its plan for redesigning the state's Medicaid program, to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.


Viva la Vida celebrates Cinco de Mayo in style

Oh yeah, we are drinking in commemoration of the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.


2012 Pop Quiz: Public Regulation Commission Dist. 3

Spring is here and another crowded Democratic primary for the Public Regulation Commission in District 3 is upon us.


Brewpub Bracket: Western Wrangle

To inform your voting in CHOW's monthlong Best Brewpub in America Bracket , we're throwing the spotlight on individual matchups.


Our View: State tourism guide ignores our community

Out-of-state visitors relying on the New Mexico Tourism Department's Spring 2012 travel planner to map out their trips in the upcoming months would find scant reason to stop in Las Cruces or the Mesilla Valley.


Governor names Taos lawyer as magistrate judge

Shannon received his law degree from the University of New Mexico. He has a bachelor's degree in history from Auburn University and a master's degree in Latin American studies from the University of Alabama.


Tuesday's Five Things To Know Before 5

Chaco change, trains in the garden, who runs the jail and more in Tuesday's Five Things to Know Before 5. 5.A Bring out your inner bee keeping the buzzy creatures as a hobby, for a honey business or to do you part for pollination.A The Cooperative Extension Service is holding an all-day beekeeping seminar May 12 in Tucumcari.A Details and ... (more)


Great Barrington, Taos top best small towns list

In MELVILLE accident on THE NORTHERN ST PKWY EB approaching ROUND SWAMP RD/X39. Stop and go traffic from SUNNYSIDE BLVD/X38 in WOODBURY In MELVILLE accident on THE NORTHERN ST PKWY EB approaching ROUND SWAMP RD/X39. Stop and go traffic from SUNNYSIDE BLVD/X38 in WOODBURY In LAKE RONKONKOMA police activity on RONKONKOMA AVE BOTH NB/SB between ... (more)


Taos, NM named among '20 Best Small Towns'

Taos has been named 1 of the nation's "20 Best Small Towns in America" by the Smithsonian Magazine.


Taos, NM named among '20 Best Small Towns'

The May edition of the magazine names the small, northern New Mexico mountain hamlet as the number two best small town, losing only to Great Barrington, Mass.


Teams fly, sled down Taos Ski Valley

TAOS, N.M. - Imagine flying down the side of a mountain at break-neck speeds, on a sled you made yourself.


How do you say that? A guide to names in Northern New Mexico

Two Texans, on a drive from Santa Fe to Taos, are struck by the unusual names "Tesuque" and "Pojoaque" on highway signs and get into an argument over the correct pronunciations.



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