This week, Andy Lyman interviews Cory Murchy, assistant director of operations at Rancho de Las Golondrinas — and bassist for Minus the Bear. We also visit with reporter Hannah Grover about some of her reporting in the Estancia Basin. And we talk about some of the important news around New Mexico (measles! hydrogen! the Torrance County Detention Facility…)

And a trigger warning: Murchy briefly talks about a friend who died by suicide.

For more information on the topics in this week’s show:

Measles spreads to sixth New Mexico county (Source NM) https://sourcenm.com/briefs/measles-spreads-to-sixth-new-mexico-county/

New Mexico Department of Health Measles Guidance: https://www.nmhealth.org/about/erd/ideb/mog/

Many on Navajo Nation Blindsided by Hydrogen Pipeline Change (Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main) https://capitalandmain.com/many-on-navajo-nation-blindsided-by-hydrogen-pipeline-change

Addicted to ICE: Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking up immigrants. (Rachel Adams-Heard, Polly Mosendz, and Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-addicted-to-ice-immigrant-detention-centers/

Sewage flooding cells inside Torrance County ICE prison again, advocates say (Austin Fisher, Source NM) https://sourcenm.com/2025/05/02/sewage-flooding-cells-inside-torrance-county-ice-prison-again-advocates-say/

Estancia residents asked to conserve water amid well issues (Hannah Grover, Abq City Desk) https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/05/01/estancia-residents-asked-to-conserve-water-amid-well-issues/

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