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Census Data Shows New Mexico Going Urban

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August 20, 2021 – Data released by the U.S. Census shows 20 of New Mexico’s 33 counties lost population between 2010 and 2020 – and that New Mexico’s largest cities show the biggest gains. Will this result in a widening of the urban-rural divide, or is it simply putting numbers to a trend many have recognized for years?…

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Covering COVID-19 in the Carlsbad Area

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August 7, 2020 – As part of an ongoing series of conversations with journalists covering COVID-19 in their communities, correspondent Laura Paskus talks to Jessica Onsurez, editor of the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Onsurez and her reporters are covering the virus in southeastern New Mexico, a part of the state where case prevalence continues to rise amid resistance to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s…

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