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Rate of COVID-19 Cases Rising in NM

October 16, 2020
Illustration of people standing next to each other in front of a city skyline, which has been taken over by giant coronaviruses.

October 16, 2020 – Positive test results for the new coronavirus are spiking in New Mexico, with an updated record-setting high – 672 – announced shortly after recording this week’s episode.  Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists look at Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s new set of restrictions brought about by the rise in COVID-19…

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NM’s COVID-19 Spike, an In-Depth Look at Monuments, Statues and Conquistadors

October 15, 2020
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This week on New Mexico in Focus… Correspondent Russell Contreras speaks with Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez, a New Mexico native who is now an assistant professor at Arizona State. As co-editor of the book “Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland,” and as a Chicana who is critical of monuments to Spanish conquistadors, she is working on a biography…

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