Episodes
Drought and Agriculture, a Native Voice in Fashion & Redistricting Progress
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with Native fashion model Quannah Chasinghorse (Han Gwich’in Sicangu/Oglala Lakota) about her recent turn on the red…
Working the Fire Lines, Cannabis Industry Equality, and Policing Changes
This week on New Mexico in Focus, as the nation’s wildlands burn with increasing intensity, fires are taking a bigger toll on the men and women…
Downwinders, Down Time for Virgin Galactic, and Our Land’s Dark Skies
This week on New Mexico in Focus, the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium has been trying for years to get the U.S. government to compensate families who were…
Sunny Budget Forecast as Unemployment Boost Expires, and Afghanistan Perspectives
This week, New Mexico in Focus searches for perspective on the end of the war in Afghanistan and the resulting humanitarian crisis as tens of thousands of…
More Pandemic Pushback for MLG and Afghans Come to New Mexico
This week on New Mexico in Focus, fleeing Taliban rule, Afghans who were able to leave their homeland are now arriving in the U.S., including…
Mask Mandate Redux, Crime Trends, and Local Weathercasters Tackle Climate Change
This week on New Mexico in Focus, the nearly unrestrained rise in COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated people has led to the return of a mask mandate,…
Delta Pinches Hospitals, CYFD Shakeup, and Climate Change & Extreme Weather
This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus is putting new pressure on hospitals across New Mexico. We’ll get…
Delta Blues, Toxins and Firefighters, Congressional Update
This week on New Mexico in Focus, environmental correspondent Laura Paskus speaks with a former U.S. Air Force firefighter who served at Cannon Air Force Base in…
Masks are Back, Albuquerque’s Soccer Pitch, Native Boarding Schools
This week on New Mexico in Focus, extended coverage of the federal government’s effort to document the truth about Native boarding schools. Interior secretary and…
Restaurant Dynamics, Covering PFAS Contamination & Drunk Driving Liability
This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line opinion roundtable offers reactions and insight on the New Mexico Supreme Court’s recent decision that gas…
Branson Blasts Off, Dow Enters Gov Race and Education on the Navajo Nation
This week on New Mexico in Focus, the state is aflutter with news of the first fully crewed Virgin Galactic flight from Spaceport America. Sir Richard Branson’s…
Photographing the Border, Reflecting on New Mexican Colonialism, Protecting Forests Against Wildfires
This week on New Mexico in Focus, an inside look at the faces and stories behind our crisis on the U.S./Mexico border. Correspondent Laura Paskus…