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EPA Rolls Back Regulations During Pandemic, Shifts Burden to States

By Laura Paskus | April 3, 2020

As the country reels from the spread of the novel coronavirus, federal regulators say they can’t keep up with the enforcement of environmental laws. They’re…

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COVID-19 Response from Native Tribes

By Myah Wilmarth | March 30, 2020

March 27, 2020 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales talks with President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation and National Indian Health Board CEO Stacy Bohlen about tribes in New Mexico…

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GROUNDWATER WAR | New Mexico’s Toxic Threat

By Myah Wilmarth | March 30, 2020

March 27, 2020 – Senior Producer Matt Grubs also follows up with Our Land correspondent Laura Paskus, who broke the news this week that the Pentagon has identified…

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Workforce Solutions Amid COVID-19

By Myah Wilmarth | March 30, 2020

March 27, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs speaks with Sec. Bill McCamley of Workforce Solutions about the state’s expanded response for workers who have been laid off because of…

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Room to Move? Outdoor Recreation During the COVID-19 Emergency

By Laura Paskus | March 25, 2020

This week, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a public health order mandating that New Mexicans stay home—going out only when it’s “absolutely necessary for their…

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Pentagon IDs Four More NM Sites at Risk of PFAS Contamination

By Laura Paskus | March 24, 2020

The Pentagon has identified four more military sites in New Mexico that could be contaminating local waters with PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. On…

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Coping With Anxiety During COVID-19 Social Distancing

By Myah Wilmarth | March 20, 2020

March 20, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs speaks with two psychiatrists about how to deal with the realities of social distancing as the nation…

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Counting State’s Native American Population for 2020 Census

By Myah Wilmarth | March 20, 2020

March 20, 2020 – The U.S. Census quietly got underway last week. As it has for nearly all facets of life, COVID-19 has dramatically changed…

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Tax Help for Tax Season

By Myah Wilmarth | March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020 – It’s tax season! Correspondent Megan Kamerick talks with CPA Tamara Beall of REDW, Jeffrey Ledbetter of United Way of Central NM’s…

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Our Land: Cochiti Pueblo Opposes National Monument Expansion

By Myah Wilmarth | March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020 – On a recent episode of Our Land, we talked about public lands in New Mexico. They hold different meanings for different…

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Managing COVID-19, the Novel Coronavirus, in New Mexico

By Myah Wilmarth | March 6, 2020

March 6, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs sits down with Dr. Chad Smelser, an epidemiologist at the New Mexico Department of Health, to talk…

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Socialism: Definition and Symbolism

By Myah Wilmarth | March 6, 2020

March 6, 2020 – After Super Tuesday, Democratic voters have winnowed the field of presidential hopefuls down to two major candidates who are separated by…