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Will Hasler Valley Road be extended to Church Rock?

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The White Cliffs Mutual Domestic Water Users Association was represented along with several local people in asking the McKinley County Commission for roadway improvements at their June 15 meeting.

There has been a long-term plan to extend White Cliffs Road from Gallup to Church Rock and the City of Gallup several years ago...

Roadwork underway on N.M. 602

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Motorists should expect delays

McKinley County — Traffic that was down to one lane from Mile Marker 23, 24, near Bread Springs while the contractor Uretek performed roadwork for the New Mexico Department of Transportation District Six on N.M. 602, about eight miles south of Gallup, is projected for completion June 18.

Other road construction underway includes:

Installation of a new metal guardrail, concrete wall barrier by J-H Supply west of Gallup to To’hajiilee.

Installation of a new metal guardrail in late June by J-H Supply east of Ciniza Refinery to east of Cubero.

Speed will be reduced to 55 mph through the work zone at I-40 west of Gallup to east of Ciniza Refinery where...

As water reaches eastern Navajo communities, it brings possibilities, homecomings

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Follow up to the story ‘A century of federal indifference left generations of Navajo homes without running water’



 

For a while, Chee Smith Jr. thought he was going to have to send his father to die among strangers. His family lives at Whitehorse Lake, a Navajo chapter where, until a few years ago, roughly 550 of 700 residents had no running water in their homes, including Smith’s. As Smith’s father aged and his health worsened, it became harder and harder for him to live at home.

“We had to haul water from the chapterhouse or the watering points every day for just basic things — for cooking, for laundry, for stuff like that, and also for our livestock,” Smith...

Diné College makes the President’s list

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One of two Arizona colleges on national vaccination challenge

TSAILE, Ariz. – Diné College is one of two colleges in Arizona among 250 nation-wide that has accepted President Joe Biden’s challenge to get students and the community vaccinated by July 4, according to online news site Universitybusiness.com

“On Thursday [June 3], the Department of Education launched the COVID-19 College Challenge, effectively asking institutions to take a pledge saying they will strive to get their communities vaccinated,” the online article said. “The ED says the timing is crucial as students head back home for the summer, but will return for fall semesters in just a couple of...

Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World

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Week ending Friday, June 11, 2021

Climate Vintage

Earth’s hotter climate is forcing some European winemakers to change strategies to maintain the quality of their wines. “With warmer temperatures, the vine cycle has been shorter and we’ve been harvesting earlier, on average,” Dom Perignon Champagne maker Daniel Carvajal Perez told the CNA news network. He added that the warmer climate had actually brought higher quality to his grapes. Germany’s riesling growers also like the new climate reality. Twelfth-generation family winery Weingut Peter Jakob Kuhn says it no longer has to suffer seasons when the grapes don’t achieve enough sweetness.

 

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