Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Our Land Gold King Mine Spill, Regeneron Science Talent Search, Online Indian Market, Back to School
In the August installment of Our Land, environmental correspondent Laura Paskus revisits the Gold King Mine spill and the destructive impact of the toxic orange plume that went flowing down the Animas and San Juan rivers five years ago. The waste that was released when crews tried to reopen the abandoned mine killed fish and coated river…
Read MoreCovering COVID-19 in the Carlsbad Area
August 7, 2020 – As part of an ongoing series of conversations with journalists covering COVID-19 in their communities, correspondent Laura Paskus talks to Jessica Onsurez, editor of the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Onsurez and her reporters are covering the virus in southeastern New Mexico, a part of the state where case prevalence continues to rise amid resistance to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s…
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