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State Quietly Disbands MMIWR Task Force

By Myah Wilmarth | November 21, 2023

11.24.23 –This week on New Mexico in Focus, we discuss Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s decision to quietly shut down the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous…

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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland

By Myah Wilmarth | November 21, 2023

11.24.23 – This summer, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) announced an order ending oil and gas leases on…

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Transit Equity in Albuquerque

By Myah Wilmarth | November 16, 2023

11.17.23 – Earlier this month, city councilors voted 6-3 to keep bus fares free in Albuquerque. That’s after a report from the city’s transit department…

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Albuquerque City Council Targets Air Quality Rulemaking

By Myah Wilmarth | November 16, 2023

11.17.23 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus sat down with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center’s Eric Jantz to understand how two bills passed by the…

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Exploring Oversight: NM Lawmen Mentioned in Machine Gun Scheme Indictment

By Myah Wilmarth | November 16, 2023

11.17.23 – Executive Producer Jeff speaks with Dianne Layden, a member of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Advisory Review Board, to understand why there aren’t…

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NM Lawmen Mentioned in Machine Gun Scheme Indictment

By Myah Wilmarth | November 16, 2023

11.17.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with Matthew Reisen from the Albuquerque Journal about a recent indictment…

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30th Anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial

By Myah Wilmarth | November 9, 2023

11.10.23 – We mark this weekend’s Veteran’s Day with a special segment on the dedication of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. New Mexico…

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“News for the People: Local Journalism in the 1970s”

By Myah Wilmarth | November 9, 2023

11.10.23 – The 1970s were a time of change in New Mexico’s newsrooms. The decade was so full of turmoil and innovation that the Albuquerque…

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NM’s Healthcare Workforce Shortage

By Myah Wilmarth | November 9, 2023

11.10.23 – New Mexico is grappling with a shortage of medical professionals, especially nurses. Recent reporting from New Mexico In Depth’s Marjorie Childress highlights the…

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Analyzing Santa Fe’s 2023 Election Results

By Myah Wilmarth | November 9, 2023

11.10.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor chats with Santa Fe Reporter Editor and Publisher Julie Ann Grimm about…

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New ‘Period Pods’ Aim to Limit Period Poverty in Santa Fe

By Myah Wilmarth | November 3, 2023

11.3.23 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales visits the director of Free Flow New Mexico, and three other people who have been vital in getting a new…

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Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930

By Myah Wilmarth | November 3, 2023

11.3.23 – Founded at the turn of the 20th century, Blackdom was a freedom colony in southern New Mexico formed by Black settlers hoping to…