Joni Arends is the executive director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, a group that monitorsimpact on the environment and human health attributable to Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Riding public transportation is habit-forming; at least, that’s what its advocates hope. There’s the opportunity to multitask and reduce stress, not to mention the potential for napping, American Public Transportation Association spokesman Mantill Williams says.

Presbyterian Española Hospital, which is accused of religious discrimination against former employee Sahaj Khalsa, chose the wrong Sikh to pick on.

The costliness of inpatient psychiatric care creates a major disincentive for hospitals to take some patients on, as well as a skewed set of criteria with which to screen patients for admission.

The link between teacher absences and student performance isn’t coincidental, according to studies done in New Mexico and other states.

A group of New Mexico horse breeders and veterinarians plan to debate an issue May 11 that might have had the dolled-up ladies of the Kentucky Derby reaching for their smelling salts: a racehorse-doping controversy.

New economic data created to estimate living expenses in New Mexico suggests that new jobs created over the next decade won’t necessarily pay well enough to provide any New Mexicans with economic security, let alone Santa Feans.

Santa Fe County commissioners have signed off on an unconventional arrangement to boost Medicaid dollars for Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center.

Prasoon Wilson is a former tennis instructor turned manager of The Friendship Club in Santa Fe, a community center that hosts 12-step meetings, yoga classes, dances and free holiday meals.

At first blush, it sounds like the epitome of a frivolous lawsuit: A Santa Fe man sues Whole Foods Market, alleging he was hurt by flying boxes of mandarin oranges. But the allegations in this case, scheduled to go to trial next week, are more serious.