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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…

A nurse holds up a vial reading "COVID-19 TEST".

Testing New Mexicans for COVID-19

By Myah Wilmarth | May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs takes a close look at the state’s COVID-19 testing capability with Sec. Kathyleen Kunkel of the New…

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COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation

By Myah Wilmarth | May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020 – Correspondent Laura Paskus continues with her series of interviews with journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities.…

An Indigenous dancer performs, with text "Social Distancing PowWow".

Tribal Cultural Response to COVID-19

By Myah Wilmarth | May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales looks into tribal cultural responses to the current pandemic. Native Americans across the country are finding ways to…

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NM Supreme Court Rules on Inmate, Staff Testing at State Prisons

By Myah Wilmarth | May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020 – Correspondent Laura Paskus continues with her series of interviews with journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities.  Jeff Proctor…

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Primary Voting in New Mexico During Pandemic

By Myah Wilmarth | May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs tackles the issue of voting during the pandemic with Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver. This week,…

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Our Land: Rio Grande Spring Flow and Climate Change

By Myah Wilmarth | May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020 – On this month’s episode of Our Land, we look back to 2018, when the Rio Grande dried in April after a…

Gloved hands insert a syringe into a vial, with hands in the background holding a sign that reads "COVID19".

COVID-19: Searching for a Vaccine

By Myah Wilmarth | May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020 – There are now more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States and more deaths in just two…