What will the 2021-2022 School Year look like?

The Gallup-McKinley School District is still trying to figure out what the upcoming school year is going to look like.

During the August 2 school board meeting Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Jvanna Hanks gave the board an update on the New Mexico Public Education Department’s COVID-19 guidelines for the 2021-2022 School Year.

She explained that the NMPED hasn’t come out with new guidelines since the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention came out with its update July 27.

The latest NMPED COVID-19 toolkit was updated July 26. Then the CDC changed its guidelines one day later in response to the uptick in COVID-19...

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham responded to the Biden Administration’s strategy to tighten pollution rules and move the United States toward zero-emission vehicles as a means of combating the life-threatening effects of climate change in a statement Aug. 5.

“New Mexico is already on the road toward adopting clean car standards that will put us on a path toward job creation and ensure long-lasting environmental stewardship and better public health outcomes — but a national rule means bigger emissions reductions from all states, not only the ones who choose to adopt the California rules. With transportation being the country’s number one source of greenhouse gas...

It’s been a long wait for the next Ceremonial and this year’s will seem different from those in the past.

Nevertheless, the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association has a new office at 2105 E. Aztec Ave. and a web site at gallupceremonial.com and it remains dedicated to preserving and perpetuating Native American art and culture.

On the schedule for this year’s festivities is a wine gala. On Aug. 12 at 6 pm, the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial will feature New Mexico wines, craft beers and Pendleton Whiskey.

The ribbon-cutting to open the Arts Exhibit Hall will also happen at that time. Poster artist Allen Bahe will do the honors.

The art will be on...

Building a jewelry supply company piece by piece

What started out as a side-hustle for the owner of the Thunderbird Motel during the Indian jewelry boom of the 1970s, has grown into the profitable and successful jewelry supply chain Thunderbird Supply Company.

On July 17, Thunderbird celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a huge two-day sale, complete with cake and customer giveaways. CEO Danny Thomason said it was a proud moment for the employees of the Gallup flagship location.

Thunderbird also has stores in Albuquerque, which opened in October 1993, and Flagstaff, Ariz., which opened in March 2007.

Thomason recently took some time out of his busy management schedule...