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A dried-up Rio Grande flanked by trees.

New Mexico’s Top Political Races, COVID Updates, and a Drying Rio Grande, plus Our Land: Urban Forests

October 8, 2020

This week, New Mexico in Focus previews conversations with Democratic Rep. Xochitl Torres Small and her two-time Republican opponent in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, Yvette…

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1252 Census

Land Management, 2020 Census, and Policing Changes in New Mexico, plus DACA and the DREAM Act

October 1, 2020

William Perry Pendley has served the U.S. Bureau of Land Management under President Trump and is now deputy director for policy and programs. He visited…

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Special: Policing in 2020 and Beyond

September 24, 2020

This week features a New Mexico in Focus Special: Policing in 2020 and Beyond. New Mexico is dealing with difficult times, from economic struggles, to…

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A classroom full of empty desks and chairs.

Reverend William Barber II, Birds Dying Mystery & Students Return to the Classroom

September 17, 2020

Correspondent and environmental journalist Laura Paskus follows up on a story by Algernon D’Ammassa of the Las Cruces Sun-News that reported people were finding dead migratory birds…

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Redistricting, 2020 Elections, and Our Land: Native Voices on Water Issues

September 10, 2020

Correspondent Gwyneth Doland takes an in-depth look at redistricting as she talks with Lilly Irvin-Vitela of New Mexico First and Rob Black of the New…

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COVID and Labor Day, Climate Change, and Political and Racial Tensions

September 3, 2020

Dr. David Scrase, cabinet secretary for the Human Services Department, knows that as the Labor Day weekend approaches, New Mexicans will want to gather and…

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Conventions and Campaigns, Restaurant Reopenings and a New Normal for Fire Season

August 27, 2020

Reports of missing mail collection boxes around the country have prompted an Albuquerque-based software designer to help develop an application that uses communities to keep…

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NMiF: voter information

Voting and the U.S. Mail, La Jornada Controversy, Virtual Life During COVID

August 20, 2020

As the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Valencia County Peggy Carabajal are…

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Our Land Gold King Mine Spill, Regeneron Science Talent Search, Online Indian Market, Back to School

August 14, 2020

In the August installment of Our Land, environmental correspondent Laura Paskus revisits the Gold King Mine spill and the destructive impact of the toxic orange plume that…

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Composite of portrait of Michelle Lujan Grisham, a CG illustration of a coronavirus, and red text reading "CORONAVIRUS".

Governor MLG on COVID Crisis, Supreme Court Ruling on Fines, and Covering Pandemic in Carlsbad

August 6, 2020

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has been shepherding New Mexico through the COVID-19 crisis since the first case hit the state in March. NMiF senior producer…

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Pandemic Parenting, New Faces of BLM, and Operation Legend

July 30, 2020

With the school year quickly approaching and coronavirus cases surging, New Mexico schools are going to be fully online until at least September 8th. Correspondent…

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Composite of works of art in Downtown Albuquerque, with superimposed logo for "OT Circus presents Paint for Peace".

Operation Legend Heads to ABQ, Painting for Peace, Surviving COVID, Finding Water

July 23, 2020

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick talks with artist and quilter Gwen Triay Samuels who had to take a break from…

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