“It’s not like ‘Oh I won’t be able to sit with my friends at lunch’ or ‘I won’t be able to do my math homework’. It’s turned into ‘what's gonna be unsafe that day?’” KUNM's @mcasas03.bsky.social digs into why more kids are bringing guns to school.

New Mexico expects to lose a total of $203 million in federal SNAP funding. The Commonwealth Fund recently listed New Mexico as the state losing the highest proportion of SNAP funds, at nearly 44%. And that doesn’t account for any new costs as a result of these changes. Story by Daniel Montaño.

I will really miss @arishapiro.bsky.social - good luck on future ventures! www.npr.org/sections/npr...

Legit badass Laura Lee led Blue Ridge Public Radio through Hurricane Helene coverage and is #PMJA2025 editor of the year. "No matter what happens in life, be good to your people...because that's a good legacy to leave behind."

"We cannot let the threats facing us prevent us from preparing for our future," says @kellymcb.bsky.social #PMJA2025

Gerard Albert III, New Voices Award winner who covered Hurricane Helene, says our work as journalists is most important when people need us. #pmja2025 @reportforamerica.bsky.social

The future of public media - the fellows in the Opening Doors program. #PMJA2025

Thank you @tonyamosley.bsky.social for introducing me to such an intriguing person. I can't believe I hadn't seen his work. I immediately went online to find it.

I have been through 7 airports since leaving g for South Africa on May 21st and I can say without a doubt the worst one is JFK in NYC.

People who do this are real losers and shitty hunters to boot. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

El Salvador: PEN International Calls on Salvadoran Authorities to End Persecution of Journalists and Editors — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/el-salv...

Our new reporter at KUNM Mia Casas will be graduating in style. #publicmedia

What I'll bring up next time someone tells me history is boring.

Journo Brigid Schulte talks about her new book "Over Work" with @giovannarossi.bsky.social at the Famiy Friendly Business Awards. #FFNM2025

This is incredibly weird and creepy. @scifri.bsky.social It's things like this that make me remember one of my dad's fave phrases: Nature is red in tooth and claw (Tennyson)

ICYMI - KUNM's Taylor Velazquez moderated a great conversation on the equity education lawsuit Yazzie/Martinez, which is headed back to court because plaintiffs say the state isn't in compliance with the 2018 order.

There's still so much I'm learning about New Mexico, even after being here for 21 years. Loved talking to Matt Schmader about his new book.

If you're a health provider with a patient portal and you don't look at messages or answer them, then just stop pushing us to set up an account in the patient portal. It's performative and pointless.

Learn a new skill this weekend! Cool KUNM story by @mcasas03.bsky.social

ICYM @fabflutist2716.bsky.social @votergirl.bsky.social @marjoriechildress.bsky.social and Taylor Velazquez helped me break down the 2025 Legislative session. #nmleg

Hey New Mexico journos - Friday is the SPJ Rio Grande monthly happy hour at the Albuquerque Press Club at 6:30. Come join us! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Jev...

In case you were wondering.... it's transgenic, not transgender.

Love this piece by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social but @russcontreras.bsky.social you gotta school him on proper spelling of chile.... www.ncronline.org/spirituality...

White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

KUNM is live with @repstansbury.bsky.social Michael O'Donnell w/ BBER at UNM and Rick Mossman w/ Association if National Park Rangers talking about federal workforce reductions.

"Some workers were responsible for making sure emergency response plans were in place at sites like a giant facility in Texas, where thousands of dismantled warheads are stored. Others worked to prevent terrorists and rogue nations from acquiring weapons-grade plutonium or uranium."

We've got chefs from Escondido in Santa Fe and Level 5 and Buen Provecho in Albuquerque - all James Beard semifinalists -- on KUNM 89.9FM or KUNM.org. Join the conversation at 505-277-5866!

Need a palate cleanser this morning? Tune into Let's Talk New Mexico on KUNM 89.9FM or at KUNM.org at 8 a.m. to hear some of the James Beard semifinalists from New Mexico. www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...

Breaking: For the second day in a row, the AP reporter on pool duty who tried to attend a POTUS event was blocked from entering the Oval Office. The reporter was there to cover the swearing-in ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard.

I saw the screener of this film ahead of my interview -- it made me drool. Premiers tonight on New Mexico PBS at 7! www.kunm.org/local-news/2...

It was a VERY lively discussion on Let's Talk NM this morning about medical malpractice. You can listen here if you missed it. We added the messages and emails on the web post that we couldn't get to in the hour as well. www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...

"NPR and PBS are vital institutions. But they are not the entirety of public media...The real risk of defunding CPB lies elsewhere — in the smaller, often overlooked stations that make up the heart of public media’s infrastructure." bit.ly/publicradiof...

This was such a good film.

Get a terrific overview from @algernonwrites.bsky.social @prokopdani.bsky.social @fabflutist2716.bsky.social and @susanmelinda.bsky.social on the #nmleg www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...

I've enjoyed reading @kpaoletta.bsky.social 's book ahead of my interview. He'll be at @bkwrks.bsky.social tonight and Collected works in Santa Fe Friday night.

Actually this is the correct link for SPJ's Top of the Rockies contest - deadline this Friday! coloradospj.wordpress.com/2024/12/11/c...

Calling New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming journos - Top of the Rockies deadline is Friday January 24. coloradospj.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/c...

From KUNM's own @brycedix.bsky.social www.kunm.org/local-news/2...

Healthcare AI, Meant to Save Money, Turns Out to Require a Lot of Expensive Humans www.medpagetoday.com/practicemana...

"In her familiarity, she contained multitudes. In her unstinting reflection, women saw themselves."

Report authors said there was a combined effect of places where crime existed hit by waves of young boys out of school and young men out of work. Also many of the homicide hot spots identified in the analysis tended to have few mental health resources or community centers.

I'm laid up recovering from surgery but my KUNM News team is chugging along and Kaveh Mowahed will host Let's Talk New Mexico Thursday morning at 8. Join the conversation! www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...

Sad to see Laura Paskus leave NMPBS but excited to see what she does next. Thanks @brycedix.bsky.social www.kunm.org/local-news/2...

Making health care more patient-centric doesn't have to be hard. My doc called and said I must wear the boot while I sleep. Period. (I explained I'm having a separate surgery tomorrow so it will be challenging) So I found this. Why couldn't THEY give me this info? united-ortho.com/5-proven-tip...

Happy Thanksgiving from the KUNM News team www.instagram.com/reel/DC68aWO...