Show airs Friday night, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. on KNME, Channel 5, and repeats Sunday, Dec. 23 at 6:30 a.m.
'New Mexico In Focus' is KNME, Channel 5’s prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. This week’s topics on 'New Mexico In Focus' include: Water. It is New Mexico's most precious resource. What do regular citizens think needs to be done to protect our water? Citizen suggestions will be put to use by the Office of the State Engineer. Additionally, The panelists at N.M. In Focus are counting down the top stories of 2007.
More on this week’s topics:
** Water is New Mexico's most precious resource. State and local leaders are looking at new and creative ways to avoid a water shortage in the coming years. But, what do regular citizens think needs to be done to protect our H2O? The local public policy group, New Mexico First, toured the state recently looking for the answers to that question. Find out what they discovered, plus how those citizen suggestions will be put to use by the Office of the State Engineer.
** The panelists are counting down the top stories of 2007. Over the next two weeks they will run down the top 10 issues that defined the year that was. This week, find out numbers 10 through 6 on New Mexico In Focus.
This week’s guests include:
* Heather Balas, Executive Director, New Mexico First
* Anne Watkins, Office of the State Engineer
Guest panelists:
* Colin Hunter, Former Legislative Director for Congresswoman Heather Wilson
* Jon Knudsen, Blogger
Co-Hosted by Santa Fe Reporter staff writer David Alire Garcia and local Tribune columnist Gene Grant, New Mexico In Focus takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."
The producer of New Mexico In Focus is Kevin McDonald. Support for the show has been provided by McCune Charitable Foundation. Closed Captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@knme.org