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Din" software developer creates language app to revitalize Navajo
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (304+ words) Across the United States, there are over 575 federally recognized American Indian tribes. According to the U. S. Census, Native North American language use fell by 6% from 2013 to 2021, but among those who spoke a Native language nearly half spoke Navajo. Albert Haskie, who…...
Novelist Carl Hiaasen brings his wicked satire to Santa Fe International Literary Festival
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (246+ words) CARL_HIAASEN: It's also for a native Floridian psychotherapeutic to do it. I mean, to be able to write that way. Good satire comes from a place of anger. Humor is a pretty good way to at least strike back and feel…...
Environmental writer says the media needs to make climate change more visible in stories
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (267+ words) The Santa Fe International Literary Festival begins today with various conversations with local and visiting authors from across the country. KUNM's Jeanette De Dios spoke with Laura Paskus, an environmental writer and former "Our Land" host for New Mexico PBS....
Shaping Albuquerque: The Power of Neighborhood Design
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (237+ words) Join us for an engaging evening with urban designer, editor, and author Julie Campoli, who will explore how the design of neighborhoods shapes how they are experienced'and why some places thrive while others fall short. Through compelling visual examples from…...
Rio Grande could run partially dry in Albuquerque before the end of May
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (406+ words) A historically dry winter and early spring in New Mexico could lead to stretches of the Rio Grande running dry in Albuquerque before the end of May. "This has been a tremendously difficult spring season, and one of the worst…...
Nonprofit celebrates new 23-unit campus to house homeless families
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (864+ words) On a bright, breezy spring morning last week U. S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) was touring a new campus created to house homeless families when he stopped to talk to a woman who has been living there with her son. "When we…...
THURS: New Mexico politicians grapple with oil windfall from Iran war that's both 'awesome' and awkward, + More
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (1708+ words) New Mexico politicians grapple with oil windfall from Iran war that's both 'awesome' and awkward - By Morgan Lee, Associated Press The global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has generated an enviable " and politically sensitive " financial windfall on the…...
As screwworm approaches New Mexico, agencies focus on outreach with few details on broader response
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (951+ words) A notoriously destructive insect once eradicated from the United States is seeing a resurgence in Mexico " and ranchers are worried that it will soon cross the border to wreak havoc on their livestock. It's called the New World screwworm. This…...
WED: Do'a Ana County updates immigrant safety resolution, + More
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (1710+ words) Do'a Ana County updates immigrant safety resolution - Algernon D'Ammassa, Albuquerque Journal" Do'a Ana County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to update a 12-year-old "safe communities" resolution with new guidance protecting immigrant and blended communities in their interactions with county government. The…...
Navajo Poet Laureate explores the meaning of the end of the world in his latest collection of poems
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (153+ words) KUNM: You will be a part of the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, can you tell me a little more about that? KUNM: So tell me, what is this conversation? What is it going to revolve around? SKEETS: The great…...