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Understanding Extreme Winds

By Myah Wilmarth | May 13, 2022

5.13.2022 – New Mexicans know all about gusty spring winds. But what we’re experiencing this year is different. Meteorologist Scott Overpeck, with the National Weather…

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Coping with Climate Anxiety

By Myah Wilmarth | May 13, 2022

5.13.2022 – Sarah Jaquette Ray’s 2020 book, “A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet,” is more useful…

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NM Childcare Benefit Expansions

By Myah Wilmarth | May 13, 2022

5.13.2022 – Producer Lou DiVizio catches up with New Mexico’s Secretary of Childhood Education and Care to talk about new childcare expansions now available for…

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What’s Next for the Rio Grande Sun?

By Myah Wilmarth | May 6, 2022

5.6.22 –The new ownership group of the Rio Grande Sun has raised more than a few eyebrows. El Rito Media, LLC is made up of…

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Rio Grande Sun’s Impact and Challenges

By Myah Wilmarth | May 6, 2022

5.6.22 – Host Gene Grant continues his conversation with the now former editor and publisher of the Rio Grande Sun, Robert Trapp. The two discuss…

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Growing Up in the Sun Newsroom

By Myah Wilmarth | May 6, 2022

5.6.22 – A lot of talented reporters have started their careers in the Rio Grande Sun newsroom, before moving on to other opportunities here in…

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Behind the Rio Grande Sun’s History and Sale

By Myah Wilmarth | May 6, 2022

5.6.22 – The Rio Grande Sun was established in October of 1956. It was started by two couples dedicated to covering Espanola and Rio Arriba…

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NM Natural Resources Trustee on Ft. Wingate Settlement

By Myah Wilmarth | April 29, 2022

4.29.2022 – The U.S. Army has reached a settlement of $1.5M that will go towards restoring environmental and community damages at Fort Wingate. Environment reporter…

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Fighting More Than Fire

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 – As the nation’s wildlands burn with increasing intensity, fires are taking a bigger toll on the men and women who battle them. Long…

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Forests Under Siege

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –The 2011 Las Conchas Fire burned 156,000 acres of the Jemez Mountains. At the time, Las Conchas was the largest fire in New Mexico’s…

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New Mexico’s Evolving Droughts & Wildfire Threats

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –Park Williams is a bioclimatologist who studies drought and wildfire in the western United States. He speaks with correspondent Laura Paskus about the ongoing…

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Wildland Firefighters Update

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –Environment reporter Laura Paskus catches up with former wildland firefighter Jonathan Golden to talk about the challenges wildland firefighters face as climate change lengthens…