Former Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano’s Nov. 24 admission that he had sold used protective vests and other police gear—belts, holsters, phones and flashlights—on eBay for personal gain was, to many, shocking yet forgivable. But SFR reveals a pattern of financial recklessness that tells a tough story.

Peter Baston, a longtime consultant who grew up shuttling between England and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), is borderline fanatical when it comes to ensuring businesses operate at maximum efficiency.

On the day before Thanksgiving, Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano sent out a letter that, it can safely be assumed, changed his life.

Last week, SFR received an urgent call from an anonymous Santa Fe Community College adjunct instructor, who reported that spring semester classes were being cut without warning and only three days after in-state registration began.

On Feb. 2, 1980, Mary Racicot was at drill with the 744th Medical Detachment of the New Mexico National Guard when her commander, Major James Buckman, told her to load up all the unit’s emergency medical equipment. They were going to Santa Fe to perform damage control at a riot inside the New Mexico State Penitentiary.

When the New Mexico Department of Health announced sweeping cuts to the state’s Developmental Disability Waiver, an optional Medicaid program, Fritzi Hardy was surprised.

$5.75 is the price per pound of a heritage turkey from Talus Wind Ranch in Galisteo.$.98 is the price per pound of a frozen Private Selection turkey from Smith’s." The turkey male should be lar

At 6:40 am on a Saturday in November, the sun lingers below the mountains, and the temperature in Santa Fe lingers below freezing. We are waiting for la camioneta, the 15-passenger van that makes the 12-hour trip from Santa Fe to Chihuahua, Mexico, four days a week.

While Santa Fe Public Schools scrambles to prepare for a greater than expected state budget deficit, critics like Fred Nathan point to intrinsic flaws in the existing system. Optimizing school performance on a leaner budget requires more than cost-cutting, they say: it requires systemic change.

Tuesday, Nov. 16 marked the end of Before There Was Choice, the five-film series organized by Planned Parenthood, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and the Santa Fe chapter of the National Organization for Women.