March 2018 – GMCR/KURU 89.1 FM

Today’s Healthy Community / Drs Faulkner & Phillips – Opioids

This week on Today's Healthy Community, Rebekka VanNess interviews Dr Molly Faulkner and Dr Bob Phillips on the opioid epidemic, and the need to educate high school and college students on career opportunities in mental and behavioral health fields. Dr Molly Faulkner is an Assistant Professor, Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Social Worker in the Division of Community Behavioral Health at the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral […]

30 March 2018 100

Earth Matters

Earth Matters / Enviro Updates

Earth Matters co-producer and Upper Gila Watershed Alliance Executive Director Donna Stevens engages a broad ranging discussion with a cast of, well, several on things that you need to know about including... The perils of prescription drugs winding up in our water supplies, Potential overdose OR underdose of expired prescription drugs, AND, flat out abuse of prescription drugs for fun and profit, The decision of the NM Supreme Court on […]

27 March 2018 79

Use Your Words!

Use Your Words! / Lydia Huerta

This week on Use Your Words!, Elise Stuart and Tom Hester interview Dr Lydia Huerta, Assistant Professor of Social Science and Cultural Studies, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies and Women and Gender Studies at WNMU. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Center for Gender Equity and Social Justice, located on the margins of the WNMU campus. Use Your Words! is broadcast live on the 2nd & 4th Fridays […]

23 March 2018 155

The Real News

The Real News / 14 Mars 2018

The Real News Network / TRNN is a grassroots alternative video media outlet covering an extraordinary range of issues and presents an amazing and unique breadth of academics, activists, authors, experts, journalists, NGOs and individuals. Gila Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM is the very first Community Radio Station in the nation to present content from The Real News Network! GMCR / KURU broadcasts and webcasts The Real News […]

14 March 2018 87

GMCR Special Coverage

GMCR Special Coverage / War and The Gila 1 – Rally

Prior to the public meeting on Thursday, March 8, 2018 within the Grant County Convention Center addressing a US Air Force proposal which could result in 10,000 F-16 combat training flights per year over the Gila region, a rally occurred with several speakers including prominent residents, community activists, and elected officials. Despite the two day notice, and given its mid day timing which prevented many others from attending due to […]

14 March 2018 133

Earth Matters

Earth Matters / Norm Gaume

Earth Matters co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project and Gila Conservation Coalition Executive Director Allyson Siwik discusses the latest on the Gila River diversion with former NM Interstate Stream Commission Director and Gila diversion critic, Norm Gaume. Now in the 13th year of planning, the deadline for a record of decision under the Arizona Water Settlements Act is fast approaching and Gila River diversion proponents have yet to fully define […]

13 March 2018 79

GMCR Special Coverage

GMCR Special Coverage / War and The Gila 2 – Alan Shafer

A public meeting was held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 on the Holloman Air Force Base airspace expansion proposal that contemplates as many as 10,000 F-16 combat training flights per year over the Gila region - including the Gila National Forest, the Gila Wilderness, Aldo Leopold Wilderness, and residential areas throughout our region. This astounding proposal could result in irreparable harm to our environment, quality of life, economy, and identity. […]

10 March 2018 149

Today's Healthy Community

Today’s Healthy Community / Dr Stasia Ruskie

On this week's installment of Today's Healthy Community, host Rebekka VanNess interviews Dr Stasia Ruskie, PhD and RN on the concept and application of Comprehensive Healthcare as a means of improving health outcomes. What is Comprehensive Healthcare? Dr. Ruskie began nursing career in ER, quickly realized impacting public health was the best way to improve America’s health. She wound up pursuing a PHD in nursing research at the University of […]

9 March 2018 311