Add a ‘Gateway Community Dividend’ to the PILT Program

Nearly 70 county commissioners, mayors, and council members from public land gateway communities in 11 western states sent a letter Oct. 21 to their congressional offices asking them to add a Gateway Community Dividend to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program.

In 1976 Congress created the PILT program, which requires the federal government to make annual payments to local governments to compensate them for property taxes not collected on lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service and some military installations within their...

Artist Shannon Gurley O’Donnell talks ‘Native Beauty’


Watercolor can be a difficult medium for some artists to grasp because of the necessary attention to detail and technique. But one artist working with Gallup Arts is rising to the challenge.

Gallup Arts Executive Director Rose Eason hosted a virtual artist talk with Shannon Gurley O’Donnell Oct. 13 about the newly opened Native Beauty exhibit being hosted at the ART123 gallery through Nov. 7.

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O’Donnell, from Gallup, but now living in Phoenix, discussed the exhibit, which is about the generations of people who have called the Gallup region home, and the artwork and visual culture that has...

While the agenda was light on new business for the Gallup City Council during the Oct. 13 meeting, the air was full of enthusiasm.

Thanks were given to the staff of the city’s Solid Waste Department and community members who participated in the 10th Annual Community Cleanup, which began in July and finished on Oct. 3.

“The staff and community did a tremendous job, especially with COVID being here,” Dist. 1 Councilor Linda Garcia said. “The people over there went above and beyond [with the cleanup], so I want to thank them.”

Garcia also thanked the staff at the Wastewater Plant for their efforts, particularly during the ongoing pandemic. She cited a recent water break on...

Fair elections are the foundation of our democracy in the United States, and the FBI is committed to protecting the voting rights of all Americans.

The FBI is issuing this warning to educate voters about federal election crimes and how to avoid them, and to encourage voters to report suspected violations.

“Every year, Americans pick their leaders and make their voices heard through elections,” Calvin Shivers, assistant director for the Criminal Investigative Division, said. “Those elections must remain free and fair to ensure voters’ voices are truly heard.

“As Americans get ready to vote, the FBI is asking each citizen to remain vigilant and report any suspected criminal...