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Courtesy photo'I'm not sure I would still be in business if it weren't for the Small Business Development Center,' said Turquoise Tours CEO Lindsay Mapes. 'As a solo female CEO, it's hard.'
Turquoise Tours honored by Small Business Development Center
Turquoise Tours and Events of Taos has been named a Star Client by the New Mexico Small Business Development Center network. more
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Courtesy pPC solarRoughly 550 rooftop solar owners within the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative service area currently deliver about 3 megawatts of surplus power into the grid during peak sunshine hours, which makes up about 9 percent of the utility's capacity.
Kit Carson Electric CEO: Rooftop solar not paying its fair share
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative CEO Luis Reyes explained at a two-hour public briefing Friday (Dec. 10) why the utility's net-metering policy for rooftop solar array owners - "rooftoppers" - no longer works. more
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Learn search engine optimization tips to help Google find your business online
The Taos Chamber of Commerce and Taos Entrepreneurial Network will present a free lunch 'n' learn lecture, “SEO tips to help Google find your business online," from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Chamber of Commerce conference room, 1139 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur. Lunch will be provided. more
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Courtesy photoChris Barone (top) and Mark Carroll have recently joined Berkshire Hathaway's Taos team of professional real estate brokers.
Business in Brief
Area happenings in the world of business: more
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Doug Cantwell/Taos NewsKit Carson Electric Cooperative CEO Luis Reyes: 'Battery storage gives us an opportunity to optimize the KCEC grid, which actually is becoming unique among small rural co-ops nationwide.'
Top six business stories of 2019
While the business world at large might have been focused on international trade wars and trade deals, locally Taos had its own ups and downs for companies. more
Actor Idris Elba is set to appear next year in a fact-based Western shot in New Mexico and based on a true story.
Business Briefs, Dec. 26-31: New Netflix movie to be filmed in New Mexico
A new Netflix movie starring Idris Elba and co-produced by music superstar Jay-Z will be filmed in New Mexico in 2020. more
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A new mural has been placed outside the Labor and Delivery wing to support Holy Cross' breastfeeding initiative.COURTESY IMAGE
Holy Cross Medical Center supports breastfeeding
Holy Cross Hospital is promoting breastfeeding among its employees, patients and the wider community. Working with the Latch On Breastfeeding Coalition and the NM Breastfeeding Task Force, Taos Chapter, the hospital has created a lactation room and sponsored a breastfeeding mural, recently completed on the corridor wall outside the Labor and Delivery wing by muralist Lynnette Haozous. more
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Interior of Chokola Bean to Bar on Juan Largo Ln. in the John Dunn Shops.
Business in Brief
Chokola Bean to Bar, a small-batch, organically crafted bean-to-bar chocolate maker at 198 Juan Largo Lane in the John Dunn Shops, has recently received recognition at four major international chocolate competitions. more
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Doug Cantwell/Taos NewsCortnie Gurno (right), marketing and HR manager at Randall Lumber and Hardware consults paint manager Shawn Read about ads for the store's upcoming paint sale.
Randall employee recognized as 'rising star'
"It's a growing industry," said Cortnie Gurno, human resources and marketing manager at Randall Lumber and Hardware, "and I think people are more comfortable shopping at a store where there's a female presence." more
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Peter RoseSome of the many products sold by more than 40 vendors at the Winter Market in Taos.
Just in time for gifts: Saturday Winter Market
Geronimo Romero remembers the first year of the Winter Market at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish gym in downtown Taos. "It was do or die," said Romero, of Taos Pueblo, who loves to bake both in a traditional adobe outside horno and in his regular oven. more
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Doug Cantwell/Taos News U.S. Forest Service staff from Carson National Forest, Taos headquarters, brief Rocky Mountain Youth Corps members on how to navigate the federal job application process. From left: Forest supervisor James Duran and partnership coordinator Juana Rosas.
State partners with Forest Service to create career paths for youth
The state signed an agreement with U.S. Forest Service representatives from Carson National Forest Wednesday (Dec. 11) at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Youth Corps' Taos facility that will open up career opportunities for RMYC and other AmeriCorps participants. more
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Courtesy photoThe Taos Saturday Winter Market, shown here in 2018, gets under way Dec. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Our Lady of Guadalupe gymnasium, 205 Don Fernando St, Taos.
Over 50 artisans, all kinds of crafts
The fifth annual Taos Saturday Winter Market will kick off Dec. 14 and 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church gymnasium, 205 Don Fernando Street. more
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Morgan Timms/Taos NewsLinda Lauver of Taos becomes acquainted with Lacey, one of seven cats available for adoption at Stray Hearts Animal Shelter's thrift store and cat café, ReTails, Saturday (Dec. 7) in El Prado.
Get your cat therapy - only $5
It's tough to avoid cat puns when talking about a solution as purrfect as this one. "We've been struggling to come up with ideas for a permanent revenue stream for the shelter for a long time," said Stray Hearts Animal Shelter lead volunteer coordinator Pam Oestreicher. more
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State tourism office offers free Google My Business workshop in Taos
The New Mexico Tourism Department will host a free digital education workshop in Taos Thursday morning (Dec. 12)  for businesses to expand exposure within Google’s products and improve conversion of digital audiences to actual customers.  more
A Northern California company is relocating a sawmill to Cimarron and will be hiring workers in 2020.
State invests in Cimarron sawmill business
Northern New Mexico loggers could soon have a new venue for their product. Lance Forest Products will relocate a sawmill business to Cimarron with the help of a $350,000 investment from the state Economic Development Department. more
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Doug Cantwell / Taos NewsChipper Thompson (left), employee at the Brodsky Bookshop, gives local author Tom Te' Zins an update on sales of his self-published book, 'Under the Red Willow.'
'Taos is very much a book town'
"The problem with digital books is that you can always find what you are looking for," says a quote posted in Op. Cit. Books near Taos Plaza. "You need to go to a bookstore to find what you weren't looking for." more
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State to hold 4-day job fair
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's office announced Tuesday (Dec. 3) a four-day job fair in Albuquerque that will attempt to fill hundreds of open government jobs across the state. more
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Megan Concha, of Taos Pueblo, stamps intricate designs into conchos. Concha learned the craft from her dad, Rodney Concha, when he fell ill with kidney disease nine months ago. "He's like my best friend," Megan said of her dad. "I want to be just like him." Megan has come a long way since her first practices on a handful of rolled pennies; she now creates her own designs which she stamps into conchos, manta pins, belt buckles and jewellery. "I feel like I've found my purpose," Megan said.
'From zero to 60 in no time at all'
Megan Concha proudly shows off her dad's hammer, which clearly has a lot of miles on it. Misshapen with use, it has served Rodney Concha for over 30 years as he stamped designs into conchos, manta pins, belt buckles, bracelets and earrings - until he was taken ill last spring at age 52 with kidney disease. more
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Construction crews work to erect a new high-speed quad chairlift, 'gondolita,' on Tuesday (Sept. 4) at Taos Ski Valley.
Taos Ski Valley: More changes to improve skier, snowboarder experience
Building on the last four years of reinvestment, Taos Ski Valley continues to improve its amenities and infrastructure to give our guests the best possible experience. more
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The Walmart on Paseo del Pueblo Sur in Taos experienced a series of power surges Friday morning (Nov. 22) that shut down its computer systems and prompted managers to temporarily close the store. Other businesses on the south end of Taos, including an Allsup's gas station, also experienced power outages, which may be related to a snowstorm that lasted into Thursday night (Nov. 22).
Power outage affects south side of Taos
A power outage impacted parts of the south end of Taos Friday morning (Nov. 22), causing power failures at the southside Allsup's gas station and Walmart, which temporarily closed when its computers when shut down. more
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Solar energy, electric vehicles touted in N.M. climate change report
More electric vehicles, solar power and clean energy job-training programs are a few of the recommendations in a first report issued Thursday (Nov. 21) by the Climate Change Task Force. more
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Doug Cantwell / Taos News'We're watching the various technologies and how they evolve to figure out the best solution for nighttime hours and cloudy days,' Reyes said.
How will battery storage help Taos' all-solar energy future?
A chat with Luis A. Reyes Jr., CEO of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative. more
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Passengers prepare for landing on a Taos Air flight en route to Taos on Thursday (February 21, 2019) after flying from Dallas..
Taos Air to offer flights to California
As Taos Air readies to take to the skies, the new Taos flight service will now fly customers to California as a part of the 2020 ski season.  more
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Because men deserve to scratch
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
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Courtesy photoAddition of the new installations at Angel Fire and Taos mesa brings the total to almost 20 solar projects within Kit Carson's territory, including this 1 megawatt array at Eagle Nest Lake.
Business in Brief
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
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