New Mexico in Focus; End of Year Line Countdown

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · December 27, 2019

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we begin our annual countdown of the year’s top stories, with a special Line opinion panel of all journalists. Our look back at 2019 kicks off with topics ranging from President Trump’s visit to Rio Rancho this fall to groundwater contamination near New Mexico military installations and Governor Michelle Lujan’s first year in office. NMiF also looks back at a story from August, when neighbors in Albuquerque’s International District worked with the Nature Conservancy and Rocky Mountain Youth Corps to turn an empty dirt lot into a pop-up public park. Among the goals for the project were to build community and help add greenery to one of the hottest parts of New Mexico’s biggest city that has few natural spaces. Guests: Gene Grant (Host), Sarah Hurteau (The Nature Conservancy NM), Karen Cathey (International District Healthy Communities Coalition), Roberto Garcia (International District Resident and Volunteer), Kahdijah Bottom (South San Pedro Neighborhood Association), Curtis Maynard (Rocky Mountain Youth Corps), and Valerie Martinez (Artful Life Community Group). Line Panelists: Gwyneth Doland (Adjunct Professor, UNM Communication and Journalism), Andy Lyman (Reporter, New Mexico Political Report), Jessica Onsurez (News Director, Carlsbad Current Argus), and Steve Terrell (Retired Reporter, Santa Fe New Mexican).