NMiF discusses homelessness in Santa Fe and local headlines

This week, New Mexico in Focus catches up to some of the biggest recent headlines with the local journalists who broke and kept an eye on those stories.

Santa Fe New Mexican city reporter Carina Julig wrote a deep-dive series about Urban Alchemy's first year running the capital city's homeless shelter. Six months in, Urban Alchemy has spent nearly all of the $1.5 million allocated in its one-year emergency contract. Senior Producer Lou Divizio sat down with Julig to discuss the nonprofit's financial dealings. Later, Lou asks Julig how the nonprofit's community services stack up to its additional $7.9 million outreach contract.

Reporter Patrick Lohmann's byline is all over the home page of Source New Mexico, a nonprofit digital outlet that covers state news. Host Nash Jones asks Lohmann to run through three ongoing stories he's covered: immigrant detention, uranium mining and the State Fairgrounds.

The Public Service Company of New Mexico, or PNM, and its parent company filed an application last year with state regulators to be acquired by Blackstone Infrastructure, the nation's largest private equity firm. Ten months later, that sale is still pending. Albuquerque Journal Staff Writer Justin Horwath has covered the acquisition process. Horwath talks to Executive Producer Jeff Proctor about the potential purchase and what an approved acquisition would mean for New Mexicans who receive their electrical power from PNM.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, April 3, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 5 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app. Involved, informed, in-depth media: watch New Mexico in Focus again online shortly thereafter.

Host
Nash Jones

NMiF Segments
Urban Alchemy Funds Run Short in First Year
and
Urban Alchemy Street Outreach Questioned

Correspondent
Lou DiVizio

Guest
Carina Julig, city reporter, Santa Fe New Mexican

Headlines in Focus: ICE Contracts, State Fairgrounds, Uranium Mining
Correspondent
Nash Jones

Guest
Patrick Lohmann, reporter, Source New Mexico

Blackstone Inc Pursues Purchase of PNM Parent Company
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor

Guest
Justin Horwath, staff writer, Albuquerque Journal

New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, educational, and art issues, exploring them in depth with a critical eye to provide context beyond the "news of the moment."

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. Host and producer of New Mexico in Focus is Nash Jones. Producer is Antonio Sanchez. Multimedia journalist is Cailley Chella.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You. Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund. Funding for Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present & Future is provided in part by the Neeper Natural History Programming.