New Mexico PBS

A mainstay of New Mexico local news is moving on. Gene Grant has been the host of New Mexico in Focus for nearly two decades and worked at the Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque Journal and Weekly Alibi before that. Friday, Aug. 11, will be his last time hosting the New Mexico PBS program and he spoke with KUNM about the impact he hopes his time there has had on the community.

Election season is in full swing and voters on the Navajo Nation will decide either to re-elect President Jonathon Nez to the seat, or make history by electing his challenger––Buu Nygren–– who could be the youngest ever to hold the position.

November 8th marks the date for the U.S. midterm elections, but it’s also when the Navajo Nation will pick its next president. New Mexico in Focus Correspondent Antonia Gonzales with our media partner New Mexico PBS sat down with current Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez to discuss his last four years in office, and ask why Navajo residents should put their trust in him to lead them out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

You may have noticed a new voice on your radio this month. KUNM is excited to welcome Jeanette DeDios to the team. She’s from the Jicarilla Apache and Diné Nations but grew up in Albuquerque. DeDios is one of five recent New Mexico graduates awarded a Local News Fellowship.

Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, Albuquerque’s lesbian scene used a secret whistle to keep one another safe. Now, filmmaker StormMiguel Florez aims to document that very special part of New Mexico’s LGBTQ history slowly being lost to time.

A new digital series on New Mexico PBS explores creative solutions by Indigenous communities in architecture, food, engineering and design. "Indigi-Genius" shares the scientific and cultural impacts of Indigenous creations and knowledge.

New Mexico taxpayers have invested over $225 million into Spaceport America and after many years of waiting, they finally saw Virgin Galactic CEO Richard…

While New Mexico’s percentage of fully vaccinated sits at 64.5% for people 18 and older, there has been a drop off in the number of people receiving…

Young people in the last decades have had to study more than academics—they’ve had to learn what to do when a person shows up to your school with a gun…

New Mexico is one of the fastest-warming states in the country, according to a 2016 report issued by the Union Of Concerned Scientists. In this year’s…