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New Mexico’s Evolving Droughts & Wildfire Threats

January 7, 2022
A forest fire burns in the night sky.

January 7, 2022 – Park Williams is a bioclimatologist who studies drought and wildfire in the western United States. He spoke with correspondent Laura Paskus about today’s ongoing drought and how it compares and contrasts with droughts in the ancient past. The two also talked about wildfire in the West and how climate change and…

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Biden’s Tribal Affairs Adviser, NM’s population problems, and Civil Rights After Chauvin

April 29, 2021
Hands hold up a cardboard sign with a fist drawn on it and "BLM".

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with President Biden’s top tribal affairs adviser, PaaWee Rivera. The son of former Pojoaque Pueblo Governor George Rivera is working to advance Native interests as tribal communities emerge from the pandemic.  A group of leading civil rights attorneys gathers for a discussion of the impact on New Mexico…

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