Posts Tagged ‘outbreak’
Primary Voting
May 29, 2020 – Ahead of next week’s primary elections, correspondent Gwyneth Doland talks with Gabe Sanchez, a professor in UNM’s Political Science Department, and Heather Ferguson of Common Cause New Mexico. The state has set a record for absentee votes in a primary election. Still, there are 167 fewer polling sites on Election Day…
Read MoreAcequia Communities Adjust Centuries-Old Water Traditions Under COVID-19
May 29, 2020 – With social distancing orders in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in New Mexico, acequia communities have modified springtime traditions—like convening to clean the irrigation canals and blessing the waters passing onto fields, gardens, and orchards—that have endured for centuries. In mid-May, instead of gathering for blessings, tossing…
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