Here’s How & Why Santa Fe Is Doing Exceptionally Well With Water Usage
1,108 Views Some good news! The number of water users in Santa Fe has increased but usage has surprisingly declined, according to the city’s top water official. KSFR’s Dennis Carroll talks with director Jesse Roach about how and why that happens in the middle of an unprecedented drought.
COVID-19’s Impact on Food Insecurity and Where We Go From Here
852 Views Food insecurity has been a persistent struggle that COVID-19 only worsened and shined a light on. Now, the pandemic seems to be in the rearview mirror for many, but the issues of hunger are still persisting for many New Mexicans.
USDA Grant Program Aims to Grow New Mexico’s Rural Communities
770 Views New Mexico’s Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development office has launched a new grant program that offers opportunities for economic growth for rural New Mexicans. The grant application process opened earlier this week.
LSISTEN: Conservation Youth Group Gets U.S. Funds for New Taos Center
618 Views New Mexico’s Rocky Mountain Youth Corps receives a $1.3 million U.S. grant for a new workforce training center in Taos. Ben Thomas, the corps executive director, discusses the new possibilities.
Marc Beyer Tells His Story of Small Business Survival and Offers Tips to Others
468 Views Wake Up Call’s MK Mendoza speaks with local businessman Marc Beyer, Co-Owner and Co-Founder of OCD Custom Cycles & Auto Repair in Santa Fe, New Mexico about what it has been like to survive the pandemic and tips he shares with others for how to do the same.
Uranium Mines On Navajo Nation Impact Lives, Require Remediation
540 Views Navajo Nation President Jonathon Nez shares concerns over remediation of hundreds of uranium mining sites.
Migratory Birds Return to New Mexico As Weather Warms
687 Views People who live in Northern New Mexico are treated to the sounds of sandhill cranes flying north overhead every spring. On the ground and singing their songs on branches and twigs, American robins gather to announce their return. Deborah Begel took a closer look at their flights and listened to their songs and […]
Northern New Mexico College Prepares Students for Cannabis Industry
695 Views Although the New Mexico Legislature failed to legalize marijuana in the session that just ended, this burning issue has the governor’s eye, and she may call a special session to finish it up.
Tom Trowbridge, Award-Winning Journalist, Dies at 62
1,060 Views Tom Trowbridge, former KSFR News Director and award-winning journalist, passed away Monday night in his sleep. Tom was a tireless career newsman whose voice was heard starting in the 1980s on stations from the East to the West coast. He led the KSFR news team from 2017 until last month when he left […]
New Mexico Capitol on High Alert
1,569 Views In the wake of riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, the FBI warned all 50 states to anticipate armed protests at their state capitols. Protests are expected to take place in the days leading up to the January 20 presidential inauguration. Is New Mexico ready for potentially violent demonstrations? And who’s […]
