San Juan County: Pinon Hills, Sobering Center

San Juan County Operations Officer Mike Stark (L) and Public Works Administrator Dave Keck (R) discuss upcoming county projects, including the start of construction on the county's portion of the Pinon Hills extension from Southside River Road south to Crouch Mesa and Wildflower Parkway.  Also discussed, the county's role in the new J.I.P. (Joint Intervention Program) and Sobering Center.

Farmington Police Department

Farmington Police Officer Martin Olsen discusses the improvements made to the departments Mobile Command Post (pictured). The vehicle is used at large public events, and other scenes to help coordinate resources and more.  Police Officer Misty Genson and Public Information Officer Georgette Allen discuss the department's role in the new Joint Intervention Program (JIP) with the city of Farmington, San Juan Regional Medical Center, San Juan County and Presbyterian Medical Services.

San Juan Smart Talk: Super Simple

San Juan College Communications Professor Dr. Mike Hattabaugh has a "super-simple" way to improve your communication immediately.  What can it be?  Listen to find out! 

Attorney Eric Morrow

Local Attorney Eric Morrow discusses a major trial underway in San Juan County, the differences between degrees of  murder, manslaughter and New Mexico announces plans to sue the US EPA over the Gold King Mine Spill. (image: Contaminated Animas River meets the San Juan River at the confluence in Farmington, NM, August 2015)

Adopt-A-Pet

These pets (and more) are available for adoption this week from the Farmington Regional Animal Shelter:SprocketSammiAlleyChesna

San Juan College President Dr. Toni Hopper Pendergrass

San Juan College President Dr. Toni Hopper Pendergrass begins the Spring 2016 semester on KSJE discussing enrollment, graduation rates, 15 to Finish, student bus passes and the possibility of student housing coming to San Juan College.

Red Apple Transit: Andrew Montoya

The City of Farmington's New Transit Manager Andrew Montoya discusses recent changes to the Red Apple Transit bus system in San Juan County.  Those changes include better coordination with Navajo Transit buses arriving from Shiprock and other parts of the Navajo Nation and making sure buses arrive at San Juan College in time for 8am classes.  Also discussed:  Integration with Google Maps to better show transportation options and a semester pass available to San Juan College students offering unlimited rides for $45.

A Review Too Far - The Revenant

This week our cinema geeks review Strictly Ballroom, That Touch of Mink, and The Revenant.To start is Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom, where a would-be champion ballroom dancer (Paul Mercurio) in need of a partner agrees to take up with a clumsy rookie (Tara Morice) who shares his passion for going where the music takes them instead of the same old, tired steps.After that is Cary Grant and Doris Day in That Touch of Mink about a millionaire ladies man who is beguiled by a frank office worker, and vice versa. The film is one of the first sex comedies about the trials and tribulations of dating in the late fifties/early sixties.Finally, out in theaters, is Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant. A period tale about a scout who is left for dead by a greedy trapper, the film has many storylines and themes that revolve around survival and the bleak nature of life and death in the American frontier.

A Fair of the Heart: Feb. 13, 2016

San Juan Heart Center Cardiologist Dr. James Goolsby (pictured) and Cardiology Service Line Director Barbara Charles (right, with Mr. Juan Heart) discuss the upcoming "A Fair of the Heart" Saturday, February 13, 2016.  Free health screenings, a tour and display of the Impella heart pump and the Goosbump 5k race and 1 mile walk.  Registration details here.

Mike Hattabaugh: Harvard Study of Adult Development

San Juan College Communications Professor Dr. Mike Hattabaugh discusses the Harvard Study of Adult Development.  This study has spent 75 years looking at the relationships of a variety of men and seem to point to predictors of having a happy life.