1. RHC (Rural Health Clinic) Operational Roll-Out - this will financially benefit the hospital and the program will allow for reinvestment into expanding quality patient care in the community.

2. Hospitalist Program - this revamping of the program will allow for reduced costs to provide service and increase quality care.

3. Documentation, Education, and Reconciliation Process pre/post-Cerner - this is to increase our HCAHPS scores, and employee and physician satisfaction and improve quality care navigating into a new computer system.

4. 340b Optimization - this program allows for hospitals with a high Medicare and Medicaid patient population to provide financial benefits serving...

Nightly Native dances have been a part of Gallup’s summer tradition for years, but like many longstanding events returning from a pandemic hiatus, changes are in the works.

As part of the Gallup Cultural Center’s city-sponsored refresh, the formerly Nightly Indian Dances will return for three nights a week at a new arena under construction there.

That’s not good news for restaurant owner James Rich, who’s unhappy that the dances will leave Courthouse Plaza. For years he’s kept Camille’s Sidewalk Café open in the evenings to serve patrons who come to the plaza to watch the dances.

It’s not just that the dances are moving, he said, but that business owners around the...

Coaching legend drops in for a visit

SANTA FE – Over a decade after her two daughters were killed by a repeat drunk driver, Darlene Peshlakai is still reminding people of the consequences of driving under the influence.

On April 17, Law and Order Chairwoman Eugenia Charles-Newton of the 24th Navajo Nation Council was joined by the Peshlakai family of Naschitti, N.M., the Mothers Against Drunk Driving organization, and the Santa Fe Police Department for an annual DUI checkpoint to prevent patrons from driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

In 2010, Deshauna and Del Lynn Peshlakai were killed in a car crash that was caused by a repeat drunk driver. Under the leadership of Darlene, the family has dedicated...