Albuquerque Journal

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Drug Overdose Deaths Drop, Southern NM Disaster Relief Funds Announced, and More On UNM's New Football Head Coach 08.01.2025 15:17

On today's episode, Journal Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Boyd joins the show to discuss NM’s drug overdose death rate dropping for the second consecutive year. Journal Reporter Cathy Cook shares new details on federal disaster relief funds for Southern NM communities. After an off-season change in the UNM Football program, new head coach Jason Eck plans to rebuild the program in his image. Journal Rep...

Oil and Gas Ban, ABQ City Council New President, and Update on UNM Men's Basketball 07.01.2025 15:20

In today's episode, Journal Assistant Business Editor Megan Gleason stops by to discuss the potential impact a new federal oil and gas drilling ban could have on New Mexico. The Albuquerque City Council has elected a new council president, but who is it? Journal Reporter Noah Alcala Bach joins Gino to answer that question, and Reporter Geoff Grammer previews the upcoming Wyoming and San Diego Stat...

NM Legal Aid Layoffs 06.01.2025 13:24

On this inaugural episode, Gino sits down with Journal Reporter Olivier Uyttebrouck to discuss upcoming layoffs for New Mexico Legal Aid, a nonprofit that provides civil legal services for low-income residents, and how it will affect the state. Gino also looks at other headlines, including the sale of the Albuquerque home featured as Walter White’s residence in Breaking Bad. Those stories and...