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Journalist Cailley Chella Joins New Mexico in Focus

By Ashley Rammelsberg | June 20, 2025

6.20.25 – Multimedia journalist Cailley Chella is the newest reporter to join New Mexico in Focus. Nash interviews Cailley to hear more about her work…

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Student Documentary on Unit 731 Gets National Recognition

By Ashley Rammelsberg | June 20, 2025

6.20.25 – Earlier this month, a group of students from the Albuquerque School of Excellence competed in the national documentary competition put on by National…

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New Head of ACLU of NM on Civil Liberties in 2025

By Ashley Rammelsberg | June 20, 2025

6.20.25 – Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico, weighs in on a few specific cases his organization is working…

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“No Kings” Protest Draws Thousands in ABQ

By Ashley Rammelsberg | June 20, 2025

6.20.25 – On Saturday, June 14, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Albuquerque’s North Valley to voice their anger and distrust of President Trump and his…

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Leon Howard Named New Head of ACLU of NM

By Ashley Rammelsberg | June 20, 2025

6.20.25 – This week, we sit down with Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico to discuss his priorities as…

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ABQ Pride Celebrates Without Federal Support

By Myah Wilmarth | June 13, 2025

6.13.25 – June is Pride Month and this past weekend, Albuquerque held its annual parade down Route 66. In a year that’s seen a slew…

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New Head of NM MLK, Jr. Commission on Group’s Future

By Myah Wilmarth | June 13, 2025

6.13.25 – In March, the New Mexico Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission named Dannelle Kirven as its new executive director. This week, Kirven stopped by…

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How NM Celebrates Juneteenth in 2025

By Myah Wilmarth | June 13, 2025

6.13.25 – New Mexicans have celebrated Juneteenth for decades – long before it became a state holiday in 2006 and a federal holiday in 2021.…

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IAIA President on Proposed Federal Cuts

By Myah Wilmarth | June 13, 2025

6.13.25 – Questions remain for Santa Fe’s Institute of the American Indian Arts as the school’s federal funding is threatened to be cut. Robert Martin,…

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Forest Stewards Guild Talks Prescribed Burns and Resiliency in NM

By Myah Wilmarth | June 5, 2025

6.6.25 – Host Nash Jones sits down with two members of the Santa Fe-based nonprofit Forest Stewards Guild to talk about their use of prescribed…

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What NM Officials Expect from the 2025 Fire Season

By Myah Wilmarth | June 5, 2025

6.6.25 – Since New Mexico’s fire season began this spring, about 25 local jurisdictions have imposed some level of fire restriction. In May, Gov. Michelle…

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Planting Seeds in a Burn Scar

By Myah Wilmarth | June 5, 2025

6.6.25 – In 2022, the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than 340,000 acres of spruce, fir and ponderosa pine. Today, recovery for the forest…