This week on New Mexico in Focus, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus hosts a three-part roundtable conversation with U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Regional Forester Michiko Martin, Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor Shaun Sanchez, and Santa Fe...
This week, New Mexico in Focus addresses Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive order attempting to ban guns in public in Bernalillo County for 30 days. Wednesday, U.S. District Judge David Urias struck down part of the order, issuing a temporary...
This week, New Mexico in Focus remembers Gov. Bill Richardson, who died last week. NMiF correspondent Russell Contreras hosts two special panel discussions about Richardson’s impact here in New Mexico, and more broadly on the national and international...
This week on New Mexico in Focus, U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez speaks with correspondent Russell Contreras in his first interview on NMPBS. Russell asks about Uballez’s background, his approach to the position, youth gun violence, the effectiveness of...
This year, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 40-year license for a private company, Holtec International, to build a facility between Hobbs and Carlsbad that would store nuclear waste from power plants the company is decommissioning in...
This week on New Mexico in Focus, executive producer Jeff Proctor talks with Trip Jennings, executive director of New Mexico In Depth, and Emma Green, program coordinator with the state’s Public Education Department, about a pilot program aimed at...
This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line Opinion Panel rejoins the show. After the release of the film Oppenheimer, Gene Grant asks the panel about the legacies of nuclear testing in New Mexico and whether the film should have included an examination...
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant discusses the recent $485 million settlement awarded on behalf of an 8-year-old girl. The lawsuit, first filed in 2019, alleges a non-profit company called Familyworks, licensed by the state Children, Youth...
This week, New Mexico in Focus finishes the deep dive into the state’s evolving journalism ecosystem. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor opens the show with the second piece of a conversation viewers will only see on NMPBS — a one-on-one interview with the...
This week, New Mexico in Focus takes a deep look at the state’s evolving journalism ecosystem. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor opens the show with a conversation you’ll only see on NMPBS — a one-on-one interview with the new executive editor at the...