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A single oil pumpjack operates in a dry, rocky landscape with sparse vegetation and scattered shrubs.

Many on Navajo Nation Blindsided by Hydrogen Pipeline Change

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | May 19, 2025

Pipeline company touts helping the nation; letter writing campaign raises questions. Critic says, “Just pipe the natural gas.” This story…

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Volunteer programs halted across New Mexico with AmeriCorps ‘in shambles’

By Nash Jones | May 16, 2025

This week New Mexico in Focus took on the dismantling of an agency that’s made service to others part of…

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A protest altar with photos, candles, and signs, centered around a large banner that reads "WE DONT WANT OÑATE SAY NO!" taped to a concrete wall.

Protect and serve: Did county officials enable Ryan Martinez’s violent actions at a 2023 protest in Española?

By Joshua Bowling | May 15, 2025

Two survivors have filed suit against Rio Arriba County office-holders, alleging that their civil rights were violated when they failed…

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A woman sits on a red couch holding a San Juan College certificate, surrounded by framed photos and posters featuring a young man and family pictures.

Six years after her son’s homicide, a Navajo mother still searches for answers

By Bella Davis | May 12, 2025

This story was originally published at New Mexico In Depth, a NMPBS partner. This reporting was supported by the International…

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A man stands and speaks into a microphone, raising his hand, while seated individuals listen in a room with large windows and people standing in the background.

Powwow Class Gives Urban Native Families Space to Celebrate Culture

By Myah Wilmarth | May 12, 2025

Niko DeRoin-Silva has been in the powwow arena since she could walk.   She was too young to remember that time,…

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A man in a suit and tie sits at a desk with a nameplate reading "Sen. Heinrich," holding a pen during a meeting or hearing.

Heinrich questions USDA secretary about Silver City Dispatch Center, as Iron Fire burns in Gila

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico | May 8, 2025

This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico U.S. Sen.…

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A roadside billboard reads "Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons" with contact information, set in a desert landscape with bushes and distant mountains.

Trump should reconvene missing and murdered Indigenous people commission, advocates say

By Bella Davis | May 5, 2025

This story was originally published at New Mexico In Depth, a NMPBS partner. By Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth…

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After 100 days, Trump’s impact on NM. And after nearly 2 years, NMiF welcomes a new host

By Nash Jones | May 2, 2025

I’m incredibly proud that this week’s show is my first as host of New Mexico in Focus. It’s timely and…

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An empty classroom.

Complaint alleges Gallup-McKinley Schools superintendent violated state ethics laws

By Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth | May 1, 2025

This story was originally published at New Mexico In Depth, a NMPBS partner. By Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth…

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An infamous group of Russian-linked hackers appears to have launched a crippling cyberattack on WNMU

By Joshua Bowling | April 28, 2025

Publicly, Western New Mexico University has simply said it’s “working through technical issues,” but employees’ computers are displaying threatening messages…

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New Mexico in Focus — on Washington

By Jeff Proctor | April 25, 2025

As is true with most odd-numbered years, the 2025 legislative session in Santa Fe took up a lot of our…

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Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus sits down with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for an exclusive interview covering the critical environmental concerns impacting New Mexico.

Governor OKs most of NM lawmakers’ record budget, vetoes other hard-fought bills

By Nash Jones | April 25, 2025

By Nash Jones Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has approved the largest budget in New Mexico history, with much of the…

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