KSFR Local
1:31 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

June 18 At Noon: Udall constitutional amendment, AARP hails defeat of pay-to-delay, fireworks ban?

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall introduces constitutional amendment on campaign finance

 

 

  

On Tuesday's midday report:

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall on constitutional amendment to void high court decision...AARP New Mexico applauds Supreme Court decision on "pay to delay" generic drugs...A state lawmaker from Albuquerque tried but failed to ban fireworks during high fire periods...headlines...60 Seconds with Christopher Hagen...

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KSFR Local
12:52 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Udall writes legislation to overturn Citizens United

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico has introduced legislation that could lead to overturning that controversial Supreme Court decision that essentially says money equals speech and corporations are actually people.

The legislation calls for a constitutional amendment that would give Congress, not the courts, power over how elections are financed.

Constitutional amendments require approval by two-thirds of both the House and Senate, after which they would have to be approved by state legislatures in at least 38 states

KSFR Local
7:13 am
Tue June 18, 2013

June 18 First News:The forced closing of the Legal Tender restaurant in court on Thursday. (listen)

A court hearing has been set for Thursday over the dispute between the Legal Tender restaurant in Lamy and the Lamy Railroad and History Museum. The operators claim the museum doesn't have the authority to evict them. The restaurant closed at the end of May, following demands from the museum's board that they leave.  

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KSFR Local
1:36 pm
Mon June 17, 2013

June 17 At Noon: Is Santa Fe's watershed safe from fire, can we conserve even more water?

  

On Monday's midday report:

Now that wildfires some miles from Santa Fe seem to be dissipating, we’ll take a look at a closer, very dry site for a potential blaze – the lower Santa Fe watershed…. Some recent rain doesn’t mean the drought is over just yet. We’ll get some tips for how to conserve even more of it…headlines...60 Seconds with Christopher Hagen...

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KSFR Local
8:08 am
Mon June 17, 2013

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KSFR Local
7:14 am
Mon June 17, 2013

June 17 First News: Good containment on 2 nearby fires while a 3rd could grow larger. (listen)

The Jaroso Fire burning some 20 miles NE of Santa Fe is at 3500 acres in extremely rugged terrain. The area is largely inaccessible to ground crews.  Potential for growth is considered high as there are large swaths of dead and downed trees throughout the region. Meanwhile, good progress has been made at the 24,000 acre Thompson Ridge Fire in the Jemez with containment at 80%. The Tres Lagunas Fire near Pecos is 90% contained.

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Audio Saucepan
6:00 pm
Sun June 16, 2013

Audio Saucepan: “The Manly Episode”

6/16/13 — Audio Saucepan: “The Manly Episode” includes the poems “Classified” by Elizabeth Willis (from Address, Wesleyan University Press); “Prize Fighter” by Adrian Matejka (from The Big Smoke, Penguin Poets); and “If” by Rudyard Kipling (read by Michael Caine, from Classic Poems for Boys, Naxos AudioBooks)

KSFR Local
1:24 pm
Fri June 14, 2013

June 14 At Noon: Mora County's tough water problem, home cooling during peak demand hours

On Friday's midday report:  As Santa Feans face restrictions on how many days a week they can water their vegetation, the small community of Mora County faces a near disaster because of the drought…On really hot days, more air cooling units ask for more electricity to deliver consumers more cool air.  But PNM has a way of helping solve the peak demand problem, one air conditioner at a time….And Santa Fe says there’s plenty of parking around the new district courthouse.  But not in its own garage…headlines...60 Seconds with Christopher Hagen...

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KSFR Local
7:18 am
Fri June 14, 2013

June 14 First News: Jaraso Fire 20 miles NE of Santa Fe proving difficult to map. (listen)

The Jaroso Fire burning some 20 miles northeast of Santa Fe still has no containment. Estimates of its size range from 4-to-8 thousand acres but the intense heat of the blaze has been preventing accurate infra-red mapping. It's burning in very difficult terrain accessible only by helicopter. The area has almost a thousand acres of abundant ground fuels with vast stands of downed trees, felled by a severe wind incident some years ago.

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KSFR Local
1:35 pm
Thu June 13, 2013

June 13 At Noon: OK to speak Tibetan at Whole Foods? Study: hands-free not safer, fires updated

  On Thursday's midday report: More on the Whole Foods question of different languages being spoken in their stores. The ACLU is asking whether it's OK to speak Tibetan but not Spanish at work.... As police in Santa Fe continue to cite drivers for talking on a hand-held phone, the national AAA organization finds that hands-free is no safer....US Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico calls for senate action on climate change….headlines...60 Seconds with Christopher Hagen...

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