{"id":21199,"date":"2022-01-04T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=21199"},"modified":"2022-01-04T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:19:25","slug":"top-ten-stories-of-2021-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/top-ten-stories-of-2021-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Stories of 2021 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/nmif\/embed\/episodes\/Top-Ten-Stories-of-2021-Part-1--12-24-21-e1c0tv7\/a-a74pnv7\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus, we bring back an annual tradition on the show, the countdown of the Top Ten stories of the year. 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