In the latest foray into same-sex marriage policy, local officials took a bold step this week, declaring that gay marriage is legal in New Mexico and urging county clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Two days before the start of national Sunshine Week, Democrats and Republicans in the New Mexico Legislature teamed up to send an important message.

On Election Day last year, former Albuquerque resident Naty Posada left work early to vote in her new hometown, Chaparral, expecting the usual 30-minute wait before getting home to her kids. Instead, she spent all night trying to vote.

“We saw something. We’re not sure it was it, but it was definitely something,” local comet enthusiast Will Harris says of Pan-STARRS, a comet that is, throughout March, flying within sight of the northern hemisphere.

There’s no doubt that Hanna Skandera, secretary-designate for the New Mexico Public Education Department, has been in Santa Fe lately.

Each year, state lawmakers drop their partisan ties for one night, in an event that’s become an odd tradition in New Mexico.

Last week, after a less-than-stellar record of adhering to state liquor laws, Agua Fria Street’s somewhat infamous House of Booze liquor store was shut down.

A controversial proposal to require criminal background checks and photo IDs for medical marijuana patients is headed back to the drawing board.

The latest round of wrangling over a public-records complaint SFR filed last year may have serious implications for transparency in New Mexico.

A recent survey by Chemistry.com confirms it: Santa Fe is home to the third most optimistic single men and women in the nation.