/tags/gene-grant Gene Grant en-US Copyright Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:11:40 GMT /local-news/2025-10-23/former-pbs-host-gene-grant-appointed-to-lead-nm-office-of-african-american-affairs Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Gene Grant’s appointment to lead the NM Office of African American Affairs on Wednesday. He previously spent nearly two decades as host of “New Mexico in Focus” on the local PBS affiliate. Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:11:40 GMT /local-news/2025-10-23/former-pbs-host-gene-grant-appointed-to-lead-nm-office-of-african-american-affairs Danielle Prokop /local-news/2023-08-10/host-gene-grant-signs-off-at-nm-pbs-after-almost-20-years A mainstay of New Mexico local news is moving on. Gene Grant has been the host of New Mexico in Focus for nearly two decades and worked at the Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque Journal and Weekly Alibi before that. Friday, Aug. 11, will be his last time hosting the New Mexico PBS program and he spoke with ������ about the impact he hopes his time there has had on the community. Fri, 11 Aug 2023 01:13:19 GMT /local-news/2023-08-10/host-gene-grant-signs-off-at-nm-pbs-after-almost-20-years Nash Jones /local-news/2020-10-20/election-2020-u-s-senate-debate NMPBS Election Special 10/22, 8a: It’s a historic race for the U.S. Senate this year in New Mexico. Tom Udall announced in March of 2019 that he would not… Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:29:00 GMT /local-news/2020-10-20/election-2020-u-s-senate-debate New Mexico PBS /local-news/2020-10-18/no-more-normal-the-real-crime Attack ads and contemporary political rhetoric about crime have a disturbing campaign ancestor: The Willie Horton ad that may have cost Michael Dukakis… Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:49:02 GMT /local-news/2020-10-18/no-more-normal-the-real-crime Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2020-10-15/election-2020-second-congressional-district-candidate-conversations NMPBS Election Special 10/16, 7p: Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (Democrat) is seeking a second term in this year’s Second Congressional District campaign in a… Fri, 16 Oct 2020 03:20:06 GMT /local-news/2020-10-15/election-2020-second-congressional-district-candidate-conversations New Mexico PBS /local-news/2020-10-12/election-2020-first-congressional-district-candidate-conversations NMPBS Election Special 10/15, 8a: Rep. Deb Haaland (Democrat) is seeking a second term in this year’s First Congressional District campaign, against… Tue, 13 Oct 2020 03:32:04 GMT /local-news/2020-10-12/election-2020-first-congressional-district-candidate-conversations New Mexico PBS /local-news/2020-10-07/election-2020-third-congressional-district-candidate-conversations NMPBS Election Special 10/7, 8a: For the first time in over a decade, New Mexico’s Third Congressional District will have a new representative. Ben Ray… Thu, 08 Oct 2020 03:45:10 GMT /local-news/2020-10-07/election-2020-third-congressional-district-candidate-conversations New Mexico PBS /local-news/2020-08-02/no-more-normal-the-streets-are-hot In the last weeks of July, we saw high temperatures across the country. The streets heated up, and we’re not talking about the weather. We’re talking… Sun, 02 Aug 2020 23:35:10 GMT /local-news/2020-08-02/no-more-normal-the-streets-are-hot Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2020-06-22/ynmg-covid-the-special-universe-of-this-legislative-session It’s a weird time. We’ve got a global pandemic, an uprising against racist police violence and a special legislative session dropped in the middle of… Tue, 23 Jun 2020 03:06:58 GMT /local-news/2020-06-22/ynmg-covid-the-special-universe-of-this-legislative-session Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2020-05-29/ynmg-covid-faith-in-the-system Do you have faith in the systems? How has government response to the pandemic eroded or reinforced that for you? It seemed important back in what we… Sat, 30 May 2020 02:35:53 GMT /local-news/2020-05-29/ynmg-covid-faith-in-the-system Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona