Organ Mountain News and Journalism in Southern NM @nminfocus

Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

7.3.26 – Southern New Mexico reporter Damien Willis is a one-man news organization. As the founder, editor and lone staff writer at the Organ Mountain News, Willis talks to Nash about the Doña Ana County news site, and the work he's done to both listen to and inform his readers.

Host:
Nash Jones

Guest:
Damien Willis, Founder and Editor, Organ Mountain News
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$Wastewater and Water Rights in NM | Full Episode This week on New Mexico in Focus, we revisit several previously aired stories about water in New Mexico. Earlier this year, the Water Quality Control Commission decided to revisit how and where fracking wastewater can be used in New Mexico. We hear from advocates for and against the proposal. In June, Capital and Main journalist and In Focus correspondent Jerry Redfern sat down with Matthias Sayer, an attorney with the Water, Access, Treatment and Reuse Alliance (WATR Alliance), and asked whether there’s science to back up using it safely. Then in an interview that first aired in May, Tannis Fox, a senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Centers, tells Host Nash Jones why she opposes letting the fracking wastewater genie out of the bottle and whats to come in the rulemaking process. This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court settled a 13-year water rights dispute over access to the lower Rio Grande. Longtime reporter Danielle Prokop has spent years following the case for multiple news organizations. In a conversation that first ran in June, she stopped by the studio to break it down for Nash. On May 1, New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney dropped by to explain new state regulations on PFAS. Kenney spoke about the states efforts to demand the clean-up of — and accountability around — “forever chemicals.” Host: Jeff Proctor Segments: WATR Alliance Argues Fracking Wastewater Could Be Used Safely Correspondent: Jerry Redfern Guest: Matthias Sayer, Vice President, WATR Alliance Environmentalists Oppose Reuse of Fracking Wastewater Correspondent: Nash Jones Guest: Tannis Fox, Senior Attorney, Western Environmental Law Center Supreme Court Approves Rio Grande Water Access Deal Correspondent: Nash Jones Guest: Danielle Prokop, Journalist New Regulations for Forever Chemicals in New Mexico Host: Nash Jones Guest: James Kenney, Cabinet Secretary, NM Environment Department 0:00 Intro 03:26 WATR Alliance Argues Fracking Wastewater Could Be Used Safely 16:24 Environmentalists Oppose Reuse of Fracking Wastewater 31:07 Supreme Court Approves Rio Grande Water Access Deal 46:40 New Regulations for Forever Chemicals in NM This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support NMPBS: https://bit.ly/donatetonmpbs Subscribe to the NMPBS channel for more clips: https://www.youtube.com/@NMPBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite NMPBS shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App. Learn how: https://www.newmexicopbs.org/what-we-do/how-to-watch-us/ FOLLOW NMPBS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nmpbs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewMexicoPBS Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/knme-tv-new-mexico-pbs/ Website: https://www.nmpbs.org FOLLOW NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nm_in_focus/$

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