Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Indigenous Community Leaders React to Española Shooting at Planned Oñate Statue Site
10.6.23 – A 23-year-old man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat is accused of shooting Native American activist Jacob Johns during a prayer event last week in Española, where local officials were planning to reinstall a statue of Spanish conquistador and war criminal Juan de Oñate. Ryan David Martinez is charged with first-degree attempted…
Read MorePublic Employee Shortage in New Mexico
10.6.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, KUNM reporter and first-time In Focus correspondent Nash Jones sits down with a special roundtable to discuss why government agencies continue to struggle with hiring and retaining employees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first of two conversations, Jones asks the panelists to…
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