RMCHCS golf tourney raises $350K

The Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services raised approximately $350,000 of a $750,000 goal to upgrade and renovate the Dr. Philip Kamps Women’s Health and Birthing Center. The funds were raised at its 23rd Annual Charity Invitational Golf Tournament on September 14 at the Fox Run Golf Course in Gallup.

“Our fund raising efforts set a new record with the highest amount raised in the tournament’s 23-year history,” RMCHCS CEO David Conejo said. “This will go a long way to upgrading the Women’s Health Center by providing a superior level of birthing and overall care for the women of McKinley County. We thank the community for...

Hospital CEO says agreement reached

After spending months negotiating the terms for a special audit, McKinley County appeared to have drawn a line in the sand for Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services.

The county gave a deadline of closing time Sept. 23 for the hospital to turn over financial documents, including the general ledger for 2015 through 2018, bank statements, annual reports on mill levy expenditures, and plans for mill levy funds, according to McKinley County Attorney Doug Decker.

The hospital’s financials are needed for a forensic audit to verify how mill levy funds are being used, according to McKinley County Chairman Bill Lee in a previous...

The McKinley County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation about the new road maintenance and improvement policy during their Sept. 17 regular meeting.

County Manager Anthony Dimas Jr. said the new policy is largely the same as their previous policy, just updated for the future.

McKinley County Roads Superintendent Jeff Irving,  said the new policy is based on what was presented to the Board of Commissioners last November.

“The commission entertained a resolution to cease maintenance on roads we did not have express right-of-way for,” Irving said.

The resolution was not adopted, but the county has continued to work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Navajo Nation on...

Hopes to raise FAFSA completion goal

SANTA FE -  Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart announced a new Public Education Department initiative to increase the annual statewide FAFSA completion rate to 80 percent. Sept. 19. This goal is designed to support Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recently announced New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship.

The New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship is Governor Lujan Grisham’s vision for increasing college access for New Mexico students. This plan to set the national standard for college affordability, will change the life outcome for tens of thousands of students, both now and far into the future. The New Mexico Public Education Department and...