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The State of Local Media in 2025

July 3, 2025

This week is our annual Fourth of July ‘State of Local Media’ special. Late last year, Jay Newton-Small stepped in to lead the Albuquerque Journal…

An ‘Indigenously Positive’ Special

June 27, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Indigenously Positive takes the spotlight with stories and perspectives from Native people and communities across the state. The…

New Head of ACLU of NM; No Kings Protest

June 20, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we sit down with Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico to discuss…

Juneteenth and Pride in NM; IAIA Funds Threatened

June 13, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, questions remain for Santa Fe’s Institute of the American Indian Arts as the school’s federal funding is threatened…

Fire Season in NM; Planting Seeds in a Burn Scar

June 5, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we dig into this year’s ongoing fire season. In 2022, the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than…

Looking Ahead to a Post-DOJ APD

May 30, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we explore the future for the Albuquerque Police Department, now that an 11-year, federally mandated reform effort has…

Looking Back at APD Reform as Consent Decree Ends

May 22, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we explore what the end of federal oversight at the Albuquerque Police Department means for the city.  …

AmeriCorps Axed; Shooting Survivor Sues Rio Arriba

May 15, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we turn our attention to federal cuts made to AmeriCorps, the government agency that’s trained generations of Americans…

Shaky NM Water Infrastructure; Power in Powwows

May 8, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews NMPBS General Manager Franz Joachim, who lays out the facts on what President Trump’s…

Civil Rights, Immigration in Trump’s Second Term

May 1, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Nash Jones makes their debut as host, and we examine civil rights and immigration in New Mexico during…

How Trump’s Cuts Hit NM; Remembering Pope Francis

April 25, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales sits down with three advocates from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women about…

Gov. Signs State Budget; COVID Five Years Later

April 17, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we examine the state budget and some of the bills Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed.   Most of this…