Taos County News

Dennis J. Carroll - 11/20/09 13 The New Mexico Supreme Court on Friday ordered the immediate release of 29 people jailed overnight in three lockups in Santa Fe and Taos counties after a Taos judge held them in contempt of court.

A judge who had warned people in a courtroom gallery to remain quiet during a hearing for a convicted rapist jailed more than 30 people for contempt of court when he said they became unruly and defiant.

The Supreme Court of New Mexico clerk reported Friday afternoon that all 32 of the people held in contempt of court Thursday night be released but the charges not dropped.

TAOS a ' District Judge Sam Sanchez held nearly 40 Taos Pueblo tribal members in contempt Thursday evening for causing a disruption in his courtroom following his refusal to reduce the sentence of a Pueblo man.

The ski season in New Mexico is just around the corner. The Sipapu ski area in Taos County will be the first to open, this Saturday.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced today that a 61-year-old woman from Taos County is hospitalized at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.

Bring Dutch oven to fall hunting camps Fall is rolling around fast. That means hunting season, the time for serious camping, is at hand.

Two people a ' a 22-year-old man from Rio Arriba County and a 61-year-old woman from Taos County a ' are hospitalized in Albuquerque with hantavirus.

The state Environment Department has awarded funds to help five New Mexico counties clean up illegal tire dumps and recycle the rubber.

The state Environment Department says customers of the Canon Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association should boil water for five minutes if they're going to use it for cooking, washing or dishwashing.

The legislative interim Land Grant Committee will meet in the Rio Grande Hall of the Taos Convention Center on July 30th and then tour the Cristobal de la Serna Land Grant on July 31st, according to a statement released by the NM House.

New Mexico trails are getting millions in stimulus funds for maintenance, improvements and expansion.

New Mexico authorities are investigating the discovery of a man's body after it was recovered from the Red River in Taos County.

A Questa resident has been appointed by Gov. Bill Richardson to the Taos County Commission.

Whether telecommunications giant Qwest can raise prices and how much it will have to invest in service upgrades in New Mexico are among issues the state Public Regulation Commission plans to decide this year.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN * ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN TAOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO CENTRAL MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 1245 AM MDT * AT 951 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER ...

Health Department officials say residents of Santa Fe County, N.M., should take precautions amid three confirmed cases of bubonic plague in the county.

Time is running out for much of the agricultural land and land-based traditions of Northern New Mexico.

A woman found dead in a trashcan in Taos County in March has been positively identified as a missing Valencia County woman.

THERE may be no "official" celebration planned for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, but that other "Summer of Love" milestone -- the 1969 film "Easy Rider" -- is being honored with one heck of a party this year.