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Assessing tribal education progress in the pandemic

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GMCS is figuring it out

The pandemic proved to be a major obstacle as the Gallup McKinley County Schools performed its annual district-wide Tribal Education Status Report to document the progress of nearly 9,000 Native American students in the 13 schools located on the Navajo reservation in the GMCS Districts.

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McKinley Community Health Alliance confronts Gallup’s housing problem

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Couch-surfers, people facing EVICTION, invited to attend wisdom-sharing experience

The McKinley Community Health Alliance held a Wisdom Sharing Experience focused on Gallup housing issues and invited community members experiencing housing instability to attend.

The McKinley Community Health Alliance “Housing in Gallup” Community Health Impact Assessment Team held its Housing First and Community H.I.A. Wisdom Sharing Experience at the Gallup Community Service Center and Bingo Hall Oct. 13.

Christopher Hudson, the coordinator of the McKinley County Health Alliance and project manager for the assessment, told the Sun that the event was meant to cover a variety of topics surrounding...

Animal control board approves budget revisions, thanks retiree for service

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Cosy Balok is a name many people in the Gallup-McKinley County community associate with animals. For ten years she has served as the animal protection supervisor at Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society. She and her husband Clint founded it in 1988 to help homeless and unwanted animals wandering in the county and the west-central area of the state.

Cosy Balok has decided the time has come to retire. Her decision gave rise to appreciative comments by Gallup Planning and Development Director Clyde Strain, who spoke about her work.

“She did an excellent [job] and put her time in,” Strain said. “She has a tremendous love for animals.

“We’re going to miss her. She was a great...

November Saturation Patrol

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State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of November to reduce alcohol-related fatalities.

The New Mexico State Police says these checkpoints are helping change attitudes about drinking and driving.

 

Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World

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Week ending Friday, October 29, 2021

 

Climate Warnings

The world is now on track for 2.6 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels based on current pledges by world leaders to cut emissions, according to the United Nations. The prediction comes as a survey of nearly 90,000 climate-related studies revealed that 99.9 percent of all atmospheric scientists agree that global heating is being caused by human activities, especially greenhouse gas emissions. “This report is another thundering wake-up call. How many do we need? The emissions gap is the result of a leadership gap,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters. “The era of half measures and hollow...

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