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New Medical Mushroom Program

By Myah Wilmarth | July 14, 2025

7.11.25 – New Mexico is now the third state to legalize the use of psychedelic mushrooms for medical treatment. The Medical Psilocybin Act went into…

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Office of the Child Advocate and CYFD Transparency

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – Nash asks reporters Ed Williams of Searchlight New Mexico and Taylor Velazquez of KUNM News how the creation of the Office of the…

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New Scholarship Programs for Grad School and High School Equivalence Tests

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – Three officials with the Higher Education Department discuss new scholarship programs aimed at making higher education more affordable for graduate students and people…

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New Loan Forgiveness Programs for NM Veterinarians, College Employees

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – Higher Education Secretary Stephanie Rodriguez and two program directors at the department sit down with Nash to discuss how several new loan forgiveness…

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Housing and Placement Concerns at CYFD

By Myah Wilmarth | July 11, 2025

7.11.25 – For years, reporters Ed Williams of Searchlight New Mexico and Taylor Velazquez of KUNM News have documented the shortcomings and failures of the…

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Pat Davis on Challenges Facing Ctrl+P Publishing and its Outlets

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – Ctrl+P Publishing owner Pat Davis has been on each of our ‘State of the Local Media’ specials. Since the former Democratic Albuquerque City…

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505omatic on Telling Stories, Hearing from Community in Santa Fe

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – The Santa Fe-based news collective 505omatic has garnered a strong digital following in its first year as an organization. Members tell Reporter Cailley…

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New KUNM General Manager on Proposed CPB Cuts

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – We continue our look at the state of local public media as Host Nash Jones sits down with the new general manager of…

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Small Public Radio Stations Brace for Loss of Federal Funding

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – In June, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to cut more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. If the Senate…

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New ABQ Journal Executive Editor on the Newspaper’s Future

By Myah Wilmarth | July 3, 2025

7.4.25 – Late last year, Jay Newton-Small stepped in to lead the Albuquerque Journal following the ouster of former editor Patrick Etheridge, who was charged…

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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…