In August, St. Elizabeth Shelter realized it was down approximately $200,000 in fundraising from the year before. The downtick caused particular concern because the shelter’s newly opened Casa Familia facility desperately needs funding, Director of Development Jim Podesta tells SFR.

The last time Elena Fuller saw her older brother Robert Montoya alive, she was dropping him off Dec. 3 at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where he was checking himself in to get a medical clearance for drug rehab.

The former Santa Fe police officer who was caught on tape beating a handcuffed teenager still has his law enforcement academy certification more than two years after he was fired for his role in the incident.

After last week’s brutal head-on collision that killed a wrong-way driver and left a Rocky Mountain EMS paramedic in critical condition, law enforcement is examining ways the accident could have been prevented, or how future incidents could be.

We wrap up 2010 with a look back at the top stories that shaped the roller coaster of the last 12 months. True, not all of these stories woke us at 3 am with our teeth chattering. But the pervasive sense of seditious intent from the powers that be did fuel our thinking as we wrapped up the year. So we present not just the top 10 stories, but our own take on the conspiracies behind them.

“Parking is the biggest headache, the biggest onus, the biggest complaint that every single resident and visitor has during the holidays,” Design Warehouse owner Larry Keller tells SFR.

In less than three weeks, water from the Buckman Direct Diversion Project will start flowing through Santa Feans’ taps. But the peer review report intended to assure the public of the water’s safety, along with revelations about the contractor’s past, have instead raised more red flags.

While local governments hope that membership in a new coalition will allow them to participate more in the development of Los Alamos National Laboratory projects, a watchdog group warns that the idea smacks of a feudal system, with the communities paying fealty to their high-tech overlord.