{"id":15359,"date":"2019-12-30T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=15359"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:44:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:44:56","slug":"top-stories-of-2019-5-1-tierra-amarilla-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/top-stories-of-2019-5-1-tierra-amarilla-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stories of 2019 #5-1, Tierra Amarilla, The Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top Ten Countdown Part 2 &amp; Rural Economic Development | Preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRXcCv4yCU4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus, we continue our annual countdown of the top stories of the year, with a special Line opinion panel of all journalists. Our look back at 2019 wraps up with topics such as the passing of the landmark Energy Transition Act and the move toward recreational cannabis legalization. But what tops the list as the most impactful story of the year? Tune in as The Line panelists break it all down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NMiF also revisits a grass-finished beef ranch in Tierra Amarilla that\u2019s the latest venture of four generations of the Casados family. C4 Enterprises plans to build its own butchering and meat processing operation with help from the state and local economic development groups. 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