The City of Gallup held a grand opening ceremony of the new solid waste administration facility Aug. 30.

The new $3.1 million facility, located at 1580 Hassler Valley Rd., provides nearly triple the space the previous facility had, Adrian Marrufo said.  Marrufo is the, solid waste superintendent for the City of Gallup.

“This building is more adequate to perform our services,” he said during the ceremony. “We can better perform what we need to do.”

Dist. 2 Councilor Allan Landavazo said the new building was a long time coming. He added, the plans for a new administration facility go all the way back to the Harry Mendoza Administration.

“It took a long time to do it, but it...

SANTA FE, N.M. -  Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Council Delegate Paul Begay met with New Mexico Indian Affairs Cabinet Secretary Lynn Trujillo and New Mexico on Public Education Department Deputy Secretary of Identity Equity and Transformation Kara Bobroff Aug. 29, at the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department in Santa Fe to discuss education issues such as impact aid, the Yazzie/Martinez vs. State of New Mexico decision, and House Bill 250.

The meeting included discussion on how to fairly allocate and align programs and policy funding with recently passed laws and ongoing initiatives to best benefit Native American students in the State of New Mexico.

“Today’s meeting...

Funds Being Raised To Advance Hospital’s Women’s Health Center

Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services will host the 23rd Annual Charity Invitational Golf Tournament, Sept. 14 at the Fox Run Golf Course, 1109 Susan Avenue, Gallup, to raise funds for the hospital’s Dr. Philip Kamps Women’s Health and Birthing Center.

Breakfast will begin at 8 am with tee-time at 9 am. Entry fee is $125.00 per person or $500.00 per four-person team. Entry fee includes full breakfast, snacks, lunch, green fees, golf cart, range balls, gifts, prizes, goodie bag, and after-tournament cookout, four-person scramble, prizes for top teams, closest to the pin on par 3, longest drive...

New Mexico challenge confirms 600+ participants

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sixty-five New Mexico high schools have created student teams to imagine, design, and develop a technological solution for the 2019-20 New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge. These 600+ students capture a geographic diversity that reaches all corners of NM. Over 30 school districts are represented, both urban and rural, including Albuquerque, Belen, Capitan, Chama, Deming, Eunice, Farmington, Gadsden, Gallup-McKinley, Grady, Las Cruces, Los Lunas, Raton, Roswell, Santa Fe, San Jon, and Silver City.

The STEM Challenge structure is simple. Over the course of the semester, each ten-person student team will create a...