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COVID-19 Survivor Tells Her Story

By Myah Wilmarth | July 24, 2020

July 24, 2020 – While most people who contract COVID-19 have mild or no symptoms, others are taken to hospitals for life-threatening situations. NMIF correspondent…

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The New Mexico GOP on COVID-19

By Myah Wilmarth | July 17, 2020

July 17, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs talks to former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, who now chairs the New Mexico Republican Party. The GOP…

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PED’s Return-to-School Plan

By Myah Wilmarth | July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020 – Host Gene Grant talked with Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein on Facebook Live earlier this week. The ATF is Albuquerque’s largest teachers’ union, and its members…

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Elizabeth Groginsky, New Early Childhood Education Cabinet Secretary

By Myah Wilmarth | June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020 – Correspondent Russell Contreras talks with Elizabeth Groginsky, the first secretary of New Mexico’s newly minted Early Childhood Education and Care Department,…

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Mark Kennedy Shriver on Early Childhood Development

By Myah Wilmarth | June 19, 2020

June 19, 2020 – Childhood disparities around malnutrition, graduation rates, and early deaths are worst among rural, black-majority counties in the American South and isolated…

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COVID-19 in El Paso and the U.S./Mexico Border

By Myah Wilmarth | May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020 – Correspondent Laura Paskus continues her series of interviews with journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities. Although…

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COVID-19 Testing at TriCore Reference Labs

By Myah Wilmarth | May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs looks at testing for the novel coronavirus – both for those infected and for those who may…

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Civil Rights Pioneer George I. Sánchez

By Myah Wilmarth | May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020 – In an interview recorded earlier this year, correspondent Russell Contreras sat down with Cynthia Kennedy for a deeply personal tribute to…

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Hospitals in Northwest New Mexico Respond to the Outbreak

By Myah Wilmarth | May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs looks at COVID-19’s impact on the Northwest part of the state. The Gallup lockdown has kept Grants’ Cibola General…

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COVID-19 Survival and Recovery on the Navajo Nation 

By Myah Wilmarth | May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020 – Navajo Nation health departments reported Sunday that the tribe has exceeded 3,000 positive COVID-19 tests, with cases in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. The tribe has emergency orders in place…

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COVID-19 in Grants

By Myah Wilmarth | May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020 – Correspondent Laura Paskus continues her series of interviews with journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities. Diego Lopez is a reporter…

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Ramadan in a Time of COVID-19

By Myah Wilmarth | May 15, 2020

We are in the middle of Ramadan right now. It’s considered the holiest month on the Muslim calendar and is believed to be when God…