In Santa Fe, the development process includes a somewhat unique step: the archaeological survey. During the boom years, the city’s Archaeological Review Committee could see as many as 100 surveys in a year. These days, it’s in the dozens.

In August 2009, Inara Cedrins walked into St. Elizabeth Shelter. Four months later, she left so dissatisfied that she filed a lawsuit. The suit, filed in March of this year, charges St. Elizabeth with not adequately helping Cedrins.

Railyard Company LLC, whose suspect dealings have been well-chronicled in these pages, now has to contend with its own in-house disorder.

By now, the narrative of Santa Fe as rustic-settlement-cum-tourist-trap is old, and so are the shouts from those who can afford little more than a place in the settlement. But according to a ranking of legislative districts put out by the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, new Santa Fe has earned itself the distinction of being the least-affordable place to live in the state.

Last week, the Santa Fe Food Policy Council took its first field trip down to the southern edge of the county to see how farmers are faring. They’re faring, council members say. But barely.

The flier first caught the eye of Santa Fe activist Sloan Cunningham as she perused a local bulletin board. It announces a 5-6 pm, Oct. 13 candidate reception for Republicans John Sanchez and Dianna Duran—candidates for lt. gov. and secretary of state, respectively—in Sunflower Market’s DeVargas Center parking lot