Dr. Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie teaches Navajo at Northern Arizona University. In July, New Mexico  became the first state to formally adopt a Navajo-language textbook for use in public schools, Dine Bizaad Binahoo’ahh, or Rediscovering the Navajo Language, written by Parsons-Yazzie.

While Santa Fe city residents are used to watching—and being watched—for their water use, out in the county, things are much less regulated.

The latest development in an emerging argument that has the City of Santa Fe at odds with both the homeless and those who feed them. Officials point to a long-term plan the city set up to end homelessness within five years, while those who host weekend lunches say help is needed immediately.

A mid-summer survey of Santa Fe Trails bus riders found a common request from folks utilizing the city's public transportation: Add more routes.

The convention center is a very expensive example of what some say are problems with the city's process for securing construction contracts. When SFR took a look at some 25 other contracts from the last two years, many of them also had few, if any, competing bids.

Last week, the City of Santa Fe put the brakes on a plan to put more than 50 water monitoring stations in neighborhoods throughout Santa Fe. The announcement comes after outcry from residents who say city officials never informed them of the installations.

Enrollment has been anemic at a new BFA program. As a result, classes have been cancelled, leading to poor morale among students and an uncertain future for the program.

Josette Lucero is executive director of the North Central Regional Transit District, which serves Santa Fe, Taos, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties. On July 7, the Santa Fe Board of County Commissioners voted to withdraw from the NCRTD to create its own transit district with the city; on Aug. 12, the county rejoined.

A proposal described as a “win-win” idea to keep Santa Fe police living in the city, while providing extra security for neighborhoods, has run into opposition—at least in one part of the city.

New Mexico ranked 13th  per capita in beer consumption last year, according to the Washington, DC-based Beer Institute. The year before, it was ranked 30th in beer production. But as the drinking goes up, the hops has gone missing.