Finishing the triathlon 
Approximately 250 people competed in a city-sponsored triathlon at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center on July 19. The event consisted of a 5 kilometer run, a 12 mile bike ride and a 400m swim. While some were experienced, others were making their first appearance in a triathlon....Launch Video
Bandstand '08
Jamie Tasen and her dog, Layla, dance on the Plaza to the music of the Santa Fe All Stars, a country and bluegrass band, on Monday during the first Santa Fe Bandstand 2008 show. The seven-week free music festival runs through Aug. 21 and will feature 85 performances from blues, Latin, country, rock, reggae, R&B, jazz, bluegrass, folk and world beat musicians from around the state. Shows begin at 6 p.m. every Monday through Thursday on the Plaza and also run from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, visit santafebandstand.com....Launch Video
Blue Knights
The Blue Knights are an international organization, with more than 20,000 active and retired police in 28 countries. The local affiliate includes 32 members from the Santa Fe Police Department, the New Mexico State Police and the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office, plus several honorary members. ...Launch Video
Opening night
The opening of the 2008 opera season in Santa Fe calls out to the faithful who return each year to celebrate summer in the City Different. Take a peek and see this very Santa Fe celebration as it takes place on June 27....Launch Video
Marked Life
About three times a year, cattle ranchers separate a group of calves from the herd of cattle to brand, tag and castrate before returning them to their parents and then the forest. "We catch a cow, we rope 'em, stretch 'em out and then we start the branding process," said Bruce Oakley, a rancher from the Rowe Mesa. "If they are bull-calves we go ahead and band them, which is a friendly process to castrate the cow." On Saturday, June 14, 2008, it was about a three to five minute process for each the 68 head of cattle. The animals are branded as a means of identification and registered with the state of New Mexico. "It hurts them for a little bit, but within a day they are just fine," said Ron Lynch, whose family has raised cattle out on the mesa for five generations. "Within two months the brand is healed and it's there for life."...Launch Video
Quest for closure
Monica Romero's family struggles to answer why she is dead, the victim of an apparent hit-and-run crash in Santa Fe on June 16. At the news conference convened by the family, her father pleads for help to find the driver who struck her....Launch Video
Solid Joints
SANTA FE – As construction on the Railrunner Express continues, crews are welding together steel rails using high voltage currents that promote a smoother quieter ride. See how construction moves forward in this video presentation....Launch Video
Capitol Flight
The new military wonder jet, the F-22 Raptor, built by Lockeed Martin is beginning to call New Mexico home. The jet was designed to replace the aging fleet of fighters owned by the U.S. military. The first two were delivered to Holloman Air Force Base on Tuesday and a flight simulator was on display in the capitol rotunda in Santa Fe, NM on June 3, 2008....Launch Video
Close Shave
The annual spring festival at El Rancho de las Golondrinas is set for June 7-8. Visitors get the chance to see how colonial ranchers lived, inlcuding how they sheared their sheep. A more modern way of shearing sheep – with electric tools – was on display May 30....Launch Video
Dress Rehearsal
Disaster appeared to strike the Santa Fe Municipal Airport on May 30, but the screaming, groaning victims were acting. It was all part of a plan to prepare emergency workers in the event of catastrophe....Launch Video
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