KRWG-TV (Las Cruces, NM)

KRWG-TV is a PBS member television station that operates on virtual channel 22 and UHF digital channel 23. It is based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and is owned by the Regents of New Mexico State University. The station's studios are housed in Milton Hall on the NMSU campus, while its transmitter is positioned on Tortugas Mountain in central Doña Ana County, just east of the Las Cruces city limits. For cable viewers, KRWG-TV can be found on Comcast Xfinity channel 2 in Las Cruces and on Charter Spectrum channel 4 in El Paso, Texas. It's important to note that in El Paso, the local CBS affiliate KDBC-TV broadcasts on virtual channel 4 but is available on channel 3. Additionally, KRWG-TV can be accessed in high definition on Xfinity digital channel 220 and Spectrum digital channel 886.

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Louisiana's coast is eroding. One engineer found a fix in her wine bottle.

1 day ago | krwg.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Kai McNamee |Matthew Cloutier |Sanaz Meshkinpour

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode "How taking a second look can change your everything"Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by turning bottles into beach sand. About Franziska TrautmannFranziska Trautmann is a chemical engineer and the cofounder of New Orleans-based glass recycling company Glass Half Full.
The artist turning heads and changing minds with her $200K robot dog

1 day ago | krwg.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Katie Monteleone |Sanaz Meshkinpour

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode "How taking a second look can change your everything"In communist Poland, the radio gave Agnieszka Pilat's family hope. Now, as an artist and techno-optimist, she hopes her portraits of robots and machines will change minds about the future of tech. About Agnieszka Pilat Agnieszka Pilat is a Polish-born artist whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and art. She is known for her unique series of technology portraits.
Why musician Mike Posner went back to the site of his near-lethal snakebite

1 day ago | krwg.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Fiona Geiran |Sanaz Meshkinpour

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode "How taking a second look can change your everything"When fame left him feeling empty, singer-songwriter Mike Posner set out to look for happiness. His plan: walk across America. What he didn't plan for: a venomous snake. About Mike PosnerMike Posner is a singer-songwriter with five studio albums. His pop single "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2017 Grammys.
Attacking foreign college students for voicing opinions will lead to loss of talent

5 days ago | krwg.org | Jerry Pacheco

Commentary:While I was studying for my degrees at the University of New Mexico, I took multiple classes with foreign students studying in the U.S. I made friends from Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, China, India, and Australia. My social circle included a married couple from Taiwan studying computer science. They were so kind to serve us traditional Chinese food that was better than anything I had ever tasted in a Chinese restaurant.
How Apple turbocharged China's development

1 week ago | krwg.org | Greg Rosalsky

This is Part 4 in our Planet Money newsletter series on manufacturing and America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Part 2 dived deep into economic research that finds that manufacturing jobs pay a higher premium than many other industries. Part 3 asked whether manufacturing-based economic development could help America's heartland catch up with its major cities. Subscribe here for the next installment. As always, our podcast is here.
At Monday's Las Cruces City Council meeting, residents voice concerns over police presence at Friday's protest in Albert Johnson Park

1 week ago | krwg.org | Scott Brocato

At Monday’s Las Cruces City Council meeting, several residents spoke out against police with high powered weapons above and overlooking Albert Johnson Park Friday evening during a protest against nationwide ICE raids. While Saturday’s protest in Albert Johnson Park, in front of Brannigan Library in Las Cruces, was part of the nationwide “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump’s policies, residents in the same park Friday evening protested increased ICE raids across the country.
MountainView Regional Medical Center first to offer dual-chamber leadless pacemaker in southern New Mexico

1 week ago | krwg.org | Scott Brocato

Mountain View Regional Medical Center recently performed a successful implant of the region’s first dual leadless pacemaker. Scott Brocato spoke with Mountain View’s Chief of Cardiology, Dr. Craig Cannon, about the pacemaker and the implant procedure.
What if being Mr 305 was a state of mind?

2 weeks ago | krwg.org | Mia Venkat
A deadly drive: Wife of I-10 dust-storm crash victim speaks out

2 weeks ago | krwg.org | Diana Alba Soular

SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO – The last time Janie Malley saw her husband Joseph, 45, alive was the morning of Feb. 27 at their home in Rodeo, a tiny community in the desert of New Mexico’s Bootheel. It was a typical work and school day with one exception: High winds were already picking up as their family prepared to set out from home. She helped her kids – ages 10, 13 and 17 – get ready for school, and they headed to the bus stop in her vehicle.
Triple digit heat dangers and staying safe

2 weeks ago | krwg.org | KC Counts

Dr. Dolores Gomez, program director for the Southern NM Family Medicine Residency Program in Las Cruces, shares important information for staying safe in extreme heat. For more information on heat safety, you can visit the CDC's website . KC:What do we see locally, in terms of how people respond in these negative ways to heat by the time you see them? Dr. Gomez:Yeah.