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Conventions and Campaigns, Restaurant Reopenings and a New Normal for Fire Season

August 27, 2020

Reports of missing mail collection boxes around the country have prompted an Albuquerque-based software designer to help develop an application that uses communities to keep…

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NMiF: voter information

Voting and the U.S. Mail, La Jornada Controversy, Virtual Life During COVID

August 20, 2020

As the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Valencia County Peggy Carabajal are…

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Our Land Gold King Mine Spill, Regeneron Science Talent Search, Online Indian Market, Back to School

August 14, 2020

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…

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Governor MLG on COVID Crisis, Supreme Court Ruling on Fines, and Covering Pandemic in Carlsbad

August 6, 2020

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has been shepherding New Mexico through the COVID-19 crisis since the first case hit the state in March. NMiF senior producer…

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Pandemic Parenting, New Faces of BLM, and Operation Legend

July 30, 2020

With the school year quickly approaching and coronavirus cases surging, New Mexico schools are going to be fully online until at least September 8th. Correspondent…

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Operation Legend Heads to ABQ, Painting for Peace, Surviving COVID, Finding Water

July 23, 2020

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick talks with artist and quilter Gwen Triay Samuels who had to take a break from…

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Native American Mascots, NMGOP on COVID-19 Response, “Herd Immunity” and Masks

July 17, 2020

This week on New Mexico in Focus, senior producer Matt Grubs talks to former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, who now chairs the New Mexico Republican…

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Our Land Anniversary & Gila River News, Voting Study, Mask Mandates and COVID Updates

July 9, 2020

This week on New Mexico in Focus, host Gene Grant celebrates the third anniversary of the show’s monthly series Our Land with environmental journalist Laura…

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Women’s Right to Vote in New Mexico and Recap of COVID Conversations

July 2, 2020

New Mexico in Focus begins its 14th season with a look back at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic since it first hit the state…

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Special Session Ends, Push for Early Childhood Wellness Begins, COVID and More Racial Reckoning

June 26, 2020

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Russell Contreras talks with Elizabeth Groginsky, the first secretary of New Mexico’s newly minted Early Childhood Education…

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Albuquerque’s Oñate Protests, Special Session, Mark Kennedy Shriver

June 18, 2020

Protests this week centered on a statue of Juan de Oñate in Albuquerque. The conquistador’s violent role in New Mexican history has been controversial since…

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Impact of Black Lives Matter Protests, Our Land Reveals Rio Grande Drying & Healthy Living During a Pandemic

June 11, 2020

This week on New Mexico in Focus, as lawmakers and the governor ready for a June 18 special session, The Line opinion panel welcomes Albuquerque…

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