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Downwinders Added to RECA

By Myah Wilmarth | July 18, 2025

7.18.25 – Tina Cordova, president and co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders, has advocated for decades for those who were exposed to radiation during and…

New Medical Mushroom Program

By Myah Wilmarth | July 14, 2025

7.11.25 – New Mexico is now the third state to legalize the use of psychedelic mushrooms for medical treatment. The Medical Psilocybin Act went into…

Office of the Child Advocate and CYFD Transparency

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – Nash asks reporters Ed Williams of Searchlight New Mexico and Taylor Velazquez of KUNM News how the creation of the Office of the…

New Scholarship Programs for Grad School and High School Equivalence Tests

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – Three officials with the Higher Education Department discuss new scholarship programs aimed at making higher education more affordable for graduate students and people…

New Loan Forgiveness Programs for NM Veterinarians, College Employees

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – Higher Education Secretary Stephanie Rodriguez and two program directors at the department sit down with Nash to discuss how several new loan forgiveness…

Housing and Placement Concerns at CYFD

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – For years, reporters Ed Williams of Searchlight New Mexico and Taylor Velazquez of KUNM News have documented the shortcomings and failures of the…

Pat Davis on Challenges Facing Ctrl+P Publishing and its Outlets

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – Ctrl+P Publishing owner Pat Davis has been on each of our ‘State of the Local Media’ specials. Since the former Democratic Albuquerque City…

505omatic on Telling Stories, Hearing from Community in Santa Fe

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – The Santa Fe-based news collective 505omatic has garnered a strong digital following in its first year as an organization. Members tell Reporter Cailley…

New KUNM General Manager on Proposed CPB Cuts

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – We continue our look at the state of local public media as Host Nash Jones sits down with the new general manager of…

Small Public Radio Stations Brace for Loss of Federal Funding

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – In June, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to cut more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. If the Senate…

New ABQ Journal Executive Editor on the Newspaper’s Future

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – Late last year, Jay Newton-Small stepped in to lead the Albuquerque Journal following the ouster of former editor Patrick Etheridge, who was charged…

Journalist Cailley Chella Joins New Mexico in Focus

By Ashley Rammelsberg | June 20, 2025

6.20.25 – Multimedia journalist Cailley Chella is the newest reporter to join New Mexico in Focus. Nash interviews Cailley to hear more about her work…