NMiF discusses Pueblo, SF County leaders opposition to LANL Power Line

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Our Land's Laura Paskus sits down with a historian, Pueblo members and Santa Fe County leaders who oppose federal plans to build a new transmission line across the Caja del Rio to Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Speaking with Santa Fe County Commissioner Anna Hansen and historian Hilario Romero, Laura asks what harm this transmission line will cause to the area. Then, Laura talks with Mark Mitchell, former governor of the Pueblo of Tesuque, about government-to-government consultation and how federal officials have handled input from the pueblo.

Artie Pepin, outgoing director of the state's Administrative Office of the Courts, looks back with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor at his 18 years as a leader in our state's justice system.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 22 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app.

NMiF Segments
How Federal Power Line Project Can Harm Wildlife in the Caja del Rio
Correspondent
Laura Paskus

Guests
Hilario Romero, Former State Historian
Anna Hansen, Santa Fe County Commissioner, District 2

Outgoing Director Helped Reshape State's Pretrial Detention System
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor

Guest
Arthur "Artie" Pepin, Director, Administrative Office of the Courts

Former Pueblo Governor Speaks Against LANL Power Line
Correspondent
Laura Paskus

Guest
Mark Mitchell, Former Governor, Pueblo of Tesuque

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 health, education, and art issues and explores them in-depth with a critical eye to give them 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. "Our Land" Senior Producer is Laura Paskus. The producer of New Mexico in Focus is Antonio Sanchez, and co-producer is Kathy Wimmer.

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.

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