As a community-based educational and advocacy campaign, No Minor Sale aims to connect with community members and organizations across New Mexico. And since beginning in Fall 2017, the No Minor Sale campaign is thrilled to have had the opportunity to partner with 47 community organizations and tobacco retail stores from 20 New Mexico localities who have shared the campaign’s mission of ending the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors.

In 2019, No Minor Sale began advocating for tobacco retail licensing, a policy proven to reduce illegal tobacco product sales to minors. This campaign policy focus existed until Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law the Tobacco Products Act...

Doctors at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services are asking members of the community to talk to them about any concerns they have in regard to vaccine risks.

They are especially troubled about seeing patients with the COVID-19 DELTA variant, many of whom are young and very ill. The hospital staff urges families, and especially those with children ages 12 and up, to get their shots as soon as possible. They are available without an appointment at the RMCHCS College Clinic at 2111 College Dr. Mon-Fri from 8 am-4 pm. For more information call (505) 863-1820.

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

LEVITT-AMP CONCERT STREAMING

4 pm. Hear the Lindy Vision Levitt-AMP concert from Sept. 2 on KGLP 91.7 FM.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

365 DAYS WORTH

11:30 am a virtual show opening of Christian Bigwater’s work will be live-streamed on the gallupARTS Facebook and Instagram pages.

 

12 pm-2 pm  an in-person show opening forART123 Gallery’s largest-ever solo show features local Diné artist Christian Bigwater and includes 365 digital artworks created at a rate of one every three days over the last three years. The show will be on view at ART123 Gallery through Oct. 2. For more information visit galluparts.org. ART123 Gallery is on Facebook @ART123Gallery...

Internships open to mid-level students


A STEM summer internship gave some Gallup-McKinley County Schools seniors experiences that could alter their career paths.

Last summer, 15 seniors from Gallup High School and Miyamura High School participated in a STEM program that partnered with national labs to give the students a chance to see what real-world STEM careers look like. In the six week period between May 17 and June 24, the students worked with Los Alamos National Labs, Sandia National Labs, and Lawrence Livermore National Labs.

The students spent the last year and a half of  high school taking high-level math and science classes to prepare for the internship. According to...