{"id":18933,"date":"2021-01-05T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=18933"},"modified":"2021-01-05T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:04:03","slug":"top-stories-of-2020-part-1-new-mexicos-military-legacy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/top-stories-of-2020-part-1-new-mexicos-military-legacy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stories of 2020 Part 1 &#038; New Mexico\u2019s Military Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/nmif\/embed\/episodes\/Top-Stories-of-2020-Part-1--New-Mexicos-Military-Legacy--12-25-20-eo0426\/a-a45pkf4\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Line opinion panelists begin our annual countdown of the top stories of the year. 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts in New Mexico, but there are many specific issues our special panel of working journalists is ready to examine. 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