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NM GOP Primary Election 2026: Turner and Rodriguez

May 8, 2026
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, two Republican primary candidates make their case to be the next governor of New Mexico. Small business owner and charter school advocate Doug Turner tells Host Nash Jones why public education reform is near the top of his priority list. Then, cannabis CEO and former state cabinet secretary Duke Rodriguez talks…

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Saving the World When You’re Still in High School 

May 1, 2026
A person in a black polo shirt and cap stands inside a fish hatchery, with water tanks and pipes visible in the background.

5.1.2026 – In this episode of Indigenously Positive, reporter Bella Davis visits the Mescalero Apache reservation to learn how high school students are creating wildfire and flood sensors to protect their community from natural disasters. Indigenously Positive is a collaborative series from NMPBS and nonprofit newsroom New Mexico In Depth telling joyful stories from Native communities around our state. …

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