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  • 5 days ago | kunm.org | Bryce Dix

    KUNM’s longtime General Manager Richard Towne is retiring at the end of this month after 30 years leading the station. The station's new general manager, Jeff Pope, arrived in Albuquerque last week. He is a veteran of public radio, having most recently served as general manager of Blue Ridge Public Radio. He was also executive director at KJSD in Cortez, Colorado. KUNM sat down with him and asked him about his plans and how he first found public media.

  • 1 week ago | kunm.org | Bryce Dix

    In their ongoing attempt to reduce spending and boost revenue, Congressional Republicans are proposing to sell off millions of acres of public land in the West over the next 5 years. Some of that land includes parcels just outside of Albuquerque – where New Mexicans hike, bike, and ski in the Sandia Mountains. Overall, around 11 million acres of land is federally owned and managed in the Western United States by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.

  • 3 weeks ago | kunm.org | Bryce Dix

    The results of a first-of-its-kind aerial survey of beaver dams in New Mexico, released this week, reveal a stark contrast between the northern and southern parts of the state. A large share of those dams are located on private land — underscoring the role of landowners in habitat conservation.

  • 3 weeks ago | kunm.org | Bryce Dix

    The timeline for a long-awaited rulemaking process for a proposed workplace heat protection rule has been extended by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). The move comes as a coalition of advocates urges the state to quickly craft stronger heat-risk standards to shield indoor and outdoor workers from heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

  • 4 weeks ago | kunm.org | Bryce Dix

    The United States is spending $1.7 trillion to overhaul and modernize its aging nuclear arsenal to compete with weaponry developed by other countries. Part of this plan directs Los Alamos National Laboratory to produce new cores for nuclear weapons called “plutonium pits.”But, a newly released report from the Union of Concerned Scientists argues for reusing existing cores from decommissioned weaponry to lower costs amid rising global nuclear tensions.

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Bryce Dix
Bryce Dix @brycemdix
8 May 25

RT @AP: BREAKING: Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history. He'll take the name Leo XIV. https://t.co/OcftGmUghy…

Bryce Dix
Bryce Dix @brycemdix
18 Apr 25

I stood in the Rio Grande for hours to bring you a once-a-year experience where biologists rush to the river to collect silvery minnow eggs amid dangerously dry conditions — threatening the species. I got a nasty sunburn, so I expect you to listen: https://t.co/kYVCUy4Hko

Bryce Dix
Bryce Dix @brycemdix
15 Apr 25

RT @interstate4010: Is this peak graphic design? I think it is https://t.co/8nvYiVkiMP