Episodes
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…
What’s Next for Legal Cannabis, CYFD Troubles and Historical Astronomy
This week, New Mexico in Focus continues its in-depth look at the state’s newly legal recreational cannabis industry. While June 29 marked the day the law went…
Pandemic Reopening, New Cannabis Law and Living on ‘Chile Street’
This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line opinion panel assembles virtually to discuss the state’s full reopening, scheduled for July 1. The group also discusses New…
Stansbury Takes Office, PFAS Accountability, and Blazing Spring Heat
This week on New Mexico in Focus, after testifying at a congressional hearing on PFAS last week, New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney joins the show to…
Future of our Forests, Growers’ Markets Adapt to COVID-19 and the Truth about UFOs
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Our Land returns to mark the ten-year anniversary of the Las Conchas Fire, which burned 156,000 acres of…
CD-1 Blowout, Vax Sweepstakes & ABQ’s Home for Life
This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line opinion panel talks takeaways from the special election for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. With the eyes…