This year's Empty the Shelters adoption event is being held May 5-9.

The event, which successfully found forever homes for 18,359 animals last year alone, is sponsoring reduced adopt fees at 200 participating shelters and rescues in 36 states this week.

McKinley County Humane Society of New Mexico which is a beneficiary of the Bissell Pet Foundation, will be honoring the discount during this week's Empty the Shelters promotion.

The event is sponsored by the Bissell Pet Foundation, a 501 c (3) nonprofit organization with a mission to help reduce the number of animals in shelters through pet adoption, spay-neuter programs, microchipping and emergency support.

“The national Empty the...

Commissioners break on two points

Confusing terminology and the absence of a speaker led to uncertainty and ultimately, split votes at the April 20 McKinley County Commission meeting.

Nothing seemed amiss when McKinley County’s Adult Detention Center Warden Tony Boyd presented the restricted housing quarterly report.

He told commissioners that 14 inmates had been housed in the restricted housing unit between Jan.1 and March 31.

Although the commissioners didn’t have to do anything but accept the report, Commissioner Genevieve Jackson, Dist. 2, took the opportunity to voice her disagreement with the idea of restricted housing after Boyd confirmed that restricted housing was another...

Strategic planning meeting gives councilors a chance to set their goals for the city’s future

A new public safety building; a new animal shelter; an action plan for community broadband; a replacement airport terminal; water line upgrades; growing the local economy. These are all on the list of strategic infrastructure priorities of the Gallup City Council.

The coronavirus pandemic may have been a tough year for the city of Gallup — like many municipalities across America — but no one can say the mayor and city council members are not ambitious.

“When we run (for public office), we’re promising our constituents this or that. Once you get in council, you realize … ‘can...

Following the state’s ruling on House Bill 6 on April 5, Gallup-McKinley County Schools has been given another reason to feel optimistic about district funding.

In a letter dated April 15, Federal Impact Aid Program Director Faatimah Muhammad issued a new determination for FY21 for the State of New Mexico under section 7009(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, revoking a certification issued on Dec. 7, 2020 pertaining to Impact Aid.

As a result, the state is no longer eligible to consider Impact Aid payments as local resources in determining state aid entitlements for FY21.

District Superintendent Mike Hyatt told the Sun this means $24 million slated for GMCS...