This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is Tim Keller, New Mexico State Auditor, discussing the financial hot topics that have propelled his office into the news.   Auditor Keller describes the $4.5 Billion in unused state funds the Auditor's Government Accountability Office has identified in their "Money on the Sidelines" report.  Keller's Auditor's office is analyzing the effectiveness of all the tax incentives and loopholes that make our tax policy look like “swiss cheese," while continuing to fight fraud, waste, and abuse in local governments also. More

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is Amy Fusselman, author of the provocative best-seller "Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space, and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted, and Afraid to Die." Fusselman explores the underside of America's obsession with safety and offers fascinating new ideas about childhood, parenthood, and why playing should be taken seriously More

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is David Morrell, award-winning author of "First Blood," the novel upon which Rambo was based. A New York Times best-selling author, Morrell has written 29 novels, with 18 million copies in print. In his new book "Inspector of the Dead" Morrell continues using Thomas De Quincy as protagonist, as he did in his last historical thriller "Murder as a Fine Art," named "one of the 5 best thrillers of 2013." More

This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is Michael J. Gelb, pre-eminent authority on the application of genius thinking, and a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb is the author of “Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age,” (co-authored with Kelly Howell) which presents the most important, scientifically valid, and useful information on improving one’s mind as one age. His other books include the popular “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci” and “How to Innovate Like Edison.” More

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This week's guest on Report from Santa Fe is Dr. Ken Stanley, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher, and author of "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective." He describes his discoveries in the field of artificial intelligence that support the Objective Paradox, that "to achieve our highest goals, we must be willing to abandon them." Please note: Channel 5 "Report from Santa Fe" viewers can watch the program back at its usual time 8:00 a.m. on Sundays. Thanks for your patience, and your support of KNME's pledge drive. More

Dr. Steven Gamble, president of Eastern New Mexico University, describes the national attention spotlighting ENMU. USA Today named ENMU among the 5 best bargains in American colleges; "OnlineU" called Eastern's Online Education & Business degrees "the most affordable in the nation!" Watch it Saturday evening, 6:00 p.m. Channel 3 (KENW) throughout the east side of the state. More

Respected educators New Mexico Senators Gay Kernan and Bill Soules discuss their efforts in the Senate Education Committee to improve schools, student time dedicated to learning, and other educational issues. More

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is Rep. Candy Spence Ezzell (R-District 58). A rancher, Ezzell chairs the House Agriculture, Water, & Wildlife Committee, and serves on the Business & Employment Committee. This show will air for the east side of New Mexico on KENW-TV, Channel 3, on Saturday March 7 at 6:00 p.m. This week the other PBS-TV stations KNME-TV and KRWG-TV will be airing special pledge drive programming. More

This week's guests are Senator William Soules (D-Dona Ana County) and Senator Pat Woods (R-Curry, Quay,& Union Counties). Serving on the Education and Conservation Committees, the senators discuss issues in the legislative session. This show will air for the east side of New Mexico on KENW-TV, Channel 3, on Saturday February 28 at 6:00 p.m. KNME-TV and KRWG-TV will be airing special pledge drive programming. Monday morning on KANW-FM, the program will air on the radio on 89.1 FM at 9:30 a.m. More