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Roswell-born mezzo-soprano Susan Graham swears that when she and Charles MacKay, who was raised in Santa Fe, run into each other in some distant place they would break into a stanza or two of the state song.

Earthy, sun-dried structures and startling blue skies provide the vivid backdrop for many an exploration of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The architecture is distinctive, but the natural setting at the base of the southern Rocky Mountains, 7,000 feet above sea level, puts the city in the realm of spectacular. And aesthetics are just a fragment of what draws more than a million visitors a year.

Roswell-born mezzo-soprano Susan Graham swears that when she and Charles MacKay, who was raised in Santa Fe, run into each other in some distant place they would break into a stanza or two of the state song.

If Santa Fe teen Merritt Barnwell could go back in time for one day, she would choose to return to the era of the ancient Pueblo Indians, perhaps popping by Chaco Canyon circa A.D. 1250.

Eleven Santa Fe health care providers received at least $326,350 in compensation from drug companies for speaking, traveling and consulting in recent years, according to an online database that tracks information from 12 of the largest pharmaceutical companies.

Santa Fe police are looking for a man they say fired a gun at a downtown gas station, hitting an innocent bystander in the abdomen. A 24-year-old man taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center has non-life threatening injuries.

A 41-year-old man died Saturday morning after police say he lost control of his 1991 Harley Davidson motorcycle on U.S. 84/285 north of Santa Fe near the Pueblo of Tesuque Flea Market.

Tonight's Santa Fe Fuego baseball game at Fort Marcy Park will likely feature beer sales for the first time. When the semi-professional team -- part of the Pecos Baseball League -- held its home opener on May 9 at the city park, not all the necessary permits in place for the sale of alcohol.

Edmond Santa Fe High School principal Earl Kirkpatrick resigned Thursday to explore possibilities in the field of ministry. His last day is June 30.

A 20-year-old Santa Fe woman was hospitalized Thursday with injuries suffered in an early morning collision after she allegedly ran a stop sign southwest of Santa Fe.