This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez about the federal investigation into alleged corruption at the Albuquerque Police Department's DWI unit.

In the first of a two-part discussion, Uballez sheds some light on the investigation's process, and Proctor asks why the U.S. Attorney took the unusual step of confirming the investigation earlier this year in letters to the city's police chief and district attorney.

Journalist Patrick Lohmann of Source New Mexico sits down with two survivors of the Hermit's Peak/Calf-Canyon Fire. In the first of two conversations, Lohmann asks both about the losses they have suffered and how they have helped neighbors in their community recover. Later, the pair speak on the lack of federal financial relief their community has received and why local leadership at FEMA needs to change.

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced there are 257 Mexican Wolves, with 37 packs here in New Mexico and 23 in Arizona. At the end of January, the Our Land team joined federal and state biologists and veterinarians during the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual Mexican wolf count.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. and streaming on the PBS video app. 

NMiF Segments
Uballez Sheds Light on Process of APD DWI Corruption Case
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor

Guest
Alexander Uballez, U.S. attorney, District of New Mexico

NM Wildfire Survivors on What They Have Lost and Worked to Recover
Correspondent
Patrick Lohmann, reporter, Source New Mexico

Guests
Kayt Peck, wildfire survivor from Rociada, N.M.
Yolanda Cruz, wildfire survivor from Manuelitas, N.M.

Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Survivors Still Wait for Federal Help
Correspondent
Patrick Lohmann, reporter, Source New Mexico

Guests
Kayt Peck, wildfire survivor from Rociada, N.M.
Yolanda Cruz, wildfire survivor from Manuelitas, N.M.

How U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conduct Annual Mexican Wolf Count
Correspondent
Laura Paskus

Guests
Brady McGee, Mexican Wolf Recovery coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
John Oakleaf, science coordinator, Mexican Wolf Recovery Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Allison Greenleaf, senior biologist, Mexican Wolf Recovery Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dr. Susan Dicks, biologist/veterinarian, Mexican Wolf Recovery Program, U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service

Host
Lou DiVizio

New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic health, education, and art issues and explores them in-depth with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment.

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. “Our Land” Senior Producer is Laura Paskus. The producer of New Mexico in Focus is Antonio Sanchez, and co-producer is Kathy Wimmer.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You.

Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund.

The Neeper Natural History Programming Fund for KNME-TV provides funding for Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present & Future.