Taos resident Kenton Pass recently launched the first product ever designed to allow men to scratch their itch - in his terms, "the perfect scrotum scratcher, the great gonad groomer." more

The New Mexico Department of Economic Development awarded almost $1.69 million for November 2019 to fund training of 150 new employees at 11 New Mexico companies through its Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP). Trainees will earn an average of $25 per hour, with salaries ranging from $11.67 to $55 per hour. more

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative has signed an agreement to have Torch Clean Energy of Boulder, Colorado, develop and build two new solar arrays, each with its own storage facility, which together will add 21 megawatts of solar capacity and 15 megawatts of storage capacity. more

Who would've thought propane prices in Taos would vary by more than 25 cents a gallon? Or that some vendors would make a concerted effort to win and keep your business, while others - not so much. more

The week's business goings-on: more

Golightly Chocolate+Cashmere is preparing for a big leap, with plans to add seven employees in one go, to start producing its own chocolate and to open a third retail shop in Breckenridge, Colorado. more

Gemma Ra’Star, originally surnamed DiFerdinando, arrived in Taos 20 years ago in a van with two dogs after riding around the country on freight trains. Today, she has reinvented herself as local leader of the “hemp revolution.” more

A man who has become known as the lord of a Santa Fe art collective steeped in the bizarre, that in recent years has burgeoned into multimillion-dollar entertainment giant, is shucking his crown -- for now. more

Ace Hardware is celebrating its 95th anniversary Saturday (Oct. 19) and stores around the country including in Taos are joining in with cakes, discounts and other specials. The Taos Ace Hardware … more

Peter O'Donoghue had logged 1.5 million miles as a coast-to-coast tractor-trailer driver before he moved to Taos and started driving shuttles. more