An immigrants’ rights group says the federal “Real ID” act is a “smokescreen” for anti-immigrant legislation.

A lawsuit filed by an Arizona-based construction company alleges the state Department of Transportation rejected its asphalt after failing to test it properly, raising questions about the quality and longevity of the new road work.

Santa Fe Music and Piano made its exit from the local music scene last month amid the latest in a long series of discordant notes.

Phil Pfeiffer, a director, and his wife Cee Moravec, a set dresser, began building a house in Cerrillos powered by alternative energy after Pfeiffer took green building classes through Architects, Designers & Contractors Network in Santa Fe.

Local environmental groups say the city’s plan to release water into the Santa Fe River following a natural “hydrograph,” or water discharge pattern, will provide ecological and cultural benefits.

A recent state Supreme Court opinion highlights the difference between the laws governing Native American children and non-Native children.

Last week, Santa Feans found out just how menacing those spiky blue parentheses used to symbolize a cold front can be. The state was hit with a one-two punch when cold air traveled down from the northern states and a storm system came across from California, National Weather Service meteorologist Chuck Jones tells SFR.

Phonemic awareness, along with phonics, fluency, comprehension and vocabulary, are the “big five” elements of “scientifically based” reading instruction that a 2000 National Reading Panel study identified as proven to get results in the classroom.

If recent sales trends don’t reverse, the rest of the state may stop thinking of Santa Feans as Kombucha-chugging locavores with “coexist” stickers on their Priuses. Well, the Prius part, anyway.

Despite the notorious drug problem in Santa Fe County, the successful Drug Court faces an uncertain future. With the paucity of funding available to sustain it in the current economic climate, Drug Court’s future is now seriously threatened.