Green Party Public Regulation Commission candidate Rick Lass doesn’t consider himself a “woman beater,” despite the accusation leveled at him by his Democratic opponent’s father in the 3rd District race.

If there’s one thing Eric Parnes has learned from his 25 years as a defensive driving instructor, it’s that everyone—city councilors, SFR writers and, yes, defensive driving instructors—eventually gets caught breaking a traffic law. A second lesson is that injecting comedy into court-ordered courses is like adding nitrous to a six-cylinder engine. OK, so it doesn’t actually make the classes go faster, but it sure makes it easier for offenders to stay in gear.

Public Regulation Commission candidates are barred from accepting contributions from regulated companies’ employees and officers, but blood is thicker than money and, in the case of Jerome Block Jr., Democratic nominee for the PRC's 3rd District...

On her first day at Lubbock High School in Texas, circa 1992, Valerie Rangel’s sass landed her in the principal’s office. The receptionist handed her a form that instructed her to check a box to identify her race. She checked three boxes: Hispanic, Native American and Caucasian.

As Dan East prepares to battle against the Democratic Party’s nominee, Ben Ray Lujan, and Independent Carol Miller for the seat currently occupied by US Rep. Tom Udall, D-NM, he also faces a courtroom battle. Caroline George is suing her former employer for $25,000 she says he owes her.

Aggravated DWI, unlawful riding, urinating in public, ditching out on court-ordered child-support mediation and breach of contract—these are the charges that Jerome Block Jr., the Democratic nominee to represent District 3 on the Public Regulation Commission, has faced in court over the last decade...

In March, Santa Fe voters overwhelmingly elected Rosemary Romero to replace Karen Heldmeyer as city councilor for District 2. Romero is a professional mediator.

On Feb. 21, Karl Chamberlain received a rare greeting card from his half-sister, Liberty Chamberlain: “Happy Death Day”...

Once upon a time in April, the dirt lot behind Lowe’s #89 on St. Michael’s Drive was a prairie-dog paradise...

Lately, Ruben Baca has been driving differently. Everyone in his family is.

They’re conserving gasoline, combining trips, stocking up on twice the groceries at the supermarket.