KRWG-TV (Las Cruces, NM)

4 days ago | krwg.org | Scott Brocato

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Juneteenth Jazz Arts Festival in Las Cruces. The festival is an annual free series of Jazz and Black American music concerts, lectures, and more, happening June 13th-22nd. Local percussionist Derrick Lee is the festival’s lead creative director, and he recently spoke with Scott Brocato about the festival. Scott Brocato:First of all, give us an overview of the festival and the festival's goals.

5 days ago | krwg.org | Scott Brocato

The New Mexico State University Art Museum is partnering with Santa Fe-based mobile art space Axle Contemporary to present “E Pluribus Unum: Mogollon”, a photo exhibition featuring over 800 portraits taken by artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman. The portraits were taken during their 2024 journey across south-central and southwestern New Mexico in Axle’s mobile gallery. Scott Brocato spoke with the artists about their exhibition, which opens June 5 and runs through August 20th.

6 days ago | krwg.org | Scott Brocato

Water conservation and stormwater management will the topics of a June 10th webinar series from the Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District. Scott Brocato spoke with Rhonda Diaz, City of Las Cruces Water Conservation Program Coordinator; and Peter Bennett, City of Las Cruces Municipal Stormwater Specialist; who will both host the upcoming free webinar. Scott Brocato:Well, Rhonda, let's start the questions with you.

1 week ago | krwg.org | Jerry Pacheco

Commentary:The latest twist in the U.S.-China trade war resulted in a lowering of U.S. tariffs of 145 percent on Chinese imports to 30 percent, and a lowering of 125 percent tariffs on U.S. imports into China to 10 percent. Additionally, a sort of truce was declared for 90 days as negotiations take place. This essentially puts tariffs on Chinese imports into the U.S. where they were before the trade war escalated and both countries slapped triple-digit tariffs on each other’s products.

1 week ago | krwg.org | Scott Simon |Howard Bryant

NPRs Scott Simon and sports writer Howard Bryant discuss a Stanley Cup final rematch and wonder who can stop the Oklahoma City Thunder's bid for an NBA title.