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It takes a special kind of poet to write a great poem about a bar. The only other ones that come to mind are The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Face on the Barroom Floor .
Santa Fe officials tout city to L.A. to promote direct flights
Santa Fe tourism officials and others from the city trekked to southern California this week to give the City of Angels a taste of the City Different.
Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names
Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel.The tough-talking former Marine immediately laid down some new rules.
Otters released in Rio Pueblo de Taos
Six river otters from the Pacific Northwest have been released into the ice-cold water of the Rio Pueblo de Taos in northern New Mexico as part of an effort to return the mammals to their historic range.
PHOTOS: Parkway, Library Among U.S. "Monuments" At Risk
Taos Pueblo Taos, New Mexico October 13, 2009 --Built by the Pueblo people more than a thousand years ago, the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico is one of nine U.S. landmarks on the 2010 World Monuments Watch List, released October 9 by the World Monuments Fund.
Native American Cultural Center under construction
Construction has begun near Corbett Center on what will become the dedicated home of the New Mexico State University American Indian Program, previously housed in Garcia Annex.
I spent some time this summer visiting my parents in Taos, NM, and while doing all the touristy things there, I couldn't help but encounter stories of the history of the place that truly made me think.
Wheel incident led to founding of Taos art colony
Photo: Painter Ernest L. Blumenschein was on his way to Mexico when a broken wagon wheel stranded him in Taos.
Northeastern New Mexico, the enchanted circle
Anyone who has not spent time in Northeastern New Mexico's Sangre de Cristos Mountains just simply don't know what they're missing.
Coalition works to safeguard the future of ranching and farming in Northern New Mexico
Time is running out for much of the agricultural land and land-based traditions of Northern New Mexico.
Natural Affinities: Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams at SFMOMA
SFMOMA's latest exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities, examines the dynamic dialogue between two justly revered artist-icons while admirably reinvigorating the discouse surrounding O'Keeffe and Adams' work .
Cristo worked toward teaching upgrade in Columbus
When Columbus Elementary School Teacher Joanna Cristo, originally of Taos Pueblo, sent her dossier into the New Mexico Public Education Department this year, she hoped to receive an e-mail saying if it was acceptable.
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Women of the Four Winds Concert Event at the Taos Mountain Casino
"Celebrating the creativity, beauty, talent, and wisdom of Native American performers." Music unifies the world and on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 7pm, the Women of the Four Winds will be doing just that as Four Winds, LLC proudly presents a once in a lifetime first of Native American/Indigenous women coming together to perform their amazing music ...
Reporting from Santa Fe, N.M. -- Deep in the bowels of the Conservation Laboratory on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, Rebecca Tinkham uses a thin bamboo skewer to remove more than 20,000 flyspecks from one of the oldest textiles in New Mexico: a devotional medallion that arrived in the late 16th century with Juan de Onate, the explorer, conquistador and ...
Local news in brief May 20, 2009
Judge in Robertson rape case recused State District Judge Jim Hall on Tuesday recused himself from the case of the alleged ringleader of the football players at Robertson High School in Las Vegas, N.M., who were accused of raping underclassmen with a broomstick last August.
The 7 Most Inspiring Sights in the American Southwest
From blazing sunsets to gigantic caverns full of bats, here's where to find the magic of the Southwest.
Taos events mark 'Easy Rider' anniversary, '60s
"Easy Rider" with Peter Fonda Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson in the classic 1969 Columbia Pictures movie that busted down studio walls and took the camera out into the streets.
Senators introduce bill to settle water dispute
Taos Pueblo's water rights claims in the Rio Pueblo de Taos would be settled under legislation introduced by U.S. Sens.