Electric crews are out this morning addressing new and ongoing power outages.

Shiprock crews say there are several downed poles that need replacement. Power is out in Shiprock, south to Sheepsprings, Toadlena, Newcomb, and Burnham.

Isolated outages have been reported in:

• Crystal/Narbona Pass

• Hunters points

• Montezuma Creek, Desert Creek

• Red Mesa South area/Sweetwater

• Nenahenzad Pipeline Road area (SR)

• Beclabeto area ½ W of Store, hse 272

• Ganado Lake area

There are ongoing outages in Ojo Amarillo and the NAPI area; Dennehotso.

A major outage on the APS side affecting the Bitahochee substation has been reported along with a power outage in Indian...

Ford Drive will be closed to through trafdfic from U. S. Highway 66 to Aztec Avenue while work is conducted on area traffic lights.

The intersection that is closed will be a three-way stop. Drivers are asked to seek an alternate route.

The City of Gallup reports that work is expected to be complete by 5 pm Dec. 17.

Any questions can be directed to Utility Dispatch at (505) 863-1200.

Letter to the editor triggers comeback with tentative time frame


 

RMCH, our vital healthcare resource, appears to be sliding into failure, and many hearts are breaking, including my own.

My connections with RMCH run deep.  My grandfather, Rev. John C. De Korne, was on the Home Mission Board of the Christian Reformed Church to establish the mission at Rehoboth in 1903. Through my family’s close friendship with Dr. Marvin Vanden Bosch, I volunteered as a nurses’ aide at the old Rehoboth Mission Hospital in 1965 and 1966, out of college. My husband  and I externed at the Mission Hospital for 3 months in 1971, then returned in 1980 as pediatrician and ophthalmologist for our...

At the previous McKinley County Commissioners meeting on Nov. 16, commissioners put some voting items on hold due to a need for more information. But on Nov. 30, they were ready to vote on the 2021 district boundaries and the wireless tower ordinance.

On Nov. 16, the commissioners asked McKinley County Bureau of Elections Manager Marlene Custer if they could see a map with precise district boundaries.

Custer returned with a map detailing what the current districts look like and Plan D, the proposal that represented the smallest overall change.

According to documents presented at the meeting, Plan D has District 1 adding Precinct 19 (Church Rock, population 1,857) and Precinct 23...