Disagreements continue over the new library’s proposed location

The Gallup City Council approved the new regional library location a couple of months ago, but a few of the councilors are still unsure about the northern site.

During the Oct. 12 city council meeting, Brandon Howe, a planner with the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments, went over the Modified Downtown Redevelopment Plan. The NMCOG was put in charge of redeveloping the document, and Howe explained to the councilors that some of the projects in the plan would take one to three years, some would take four to six, and others would require seven to ten years to complete.

The new site for the regional library...

GMCS is figuring it out

The pandemic proved to be a major obstacle as the Gallup McKinley County Schools performed its annual district-wide Tribal Education Status Report to document the progress of nearly 9,000 Native American students in the 13 schools located on the Navajo reservation in the GMCS Districts.

GMCS Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Pauletta White did her best with the annual Tribal Education Status Report for the 2020-2021 school year, which she presented Oct. 4 to the School Board. However, the report is missing student achievement data as well as attendance information.

Because of the pandemic, the state received an accountability waiver from the U. S...

Couch-surfers, people facing EVICTION, invited to attend wisdom-sharing experience

The McKinley Community Health Alliance held a Wisdom Sharing Experience focused on Gallup housing issues and invited community members experiencing housing instability to attend.

The McKinley Community Health Alliance “Housing in Gallup” Community Health Impact Assessment Team held its Housing First and Community H.I.A. Wisdom Sharing Experience at the Gallup Community Service Center and Bingo Hall Oct. 13.

Christopher Hudson, the coordinator of the McKinley County Health Alliance and project manager for the assessment, told the Sun that the event was meant to cover a variety of topics surrounding...

Cosy Balok is a name many people in the Gallup-McKinley County community associate with animals. For ten years she has served as the animal protection supervisor at Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society. She and her husband Clint founded it in 1988 to help homeless and unwanted animals wandering in the county and the west-central area of the state.

Cosy Balok has decided the time has come to retire. Her decision gave rise to appreciative comments by Gallup Planning and Development Director Clyde Strain, who spoke about her work.

“She did an excellent [job] and put her time in,” Strain said. “She has a tremendous love for animals.

“We’re going to miss her. She was a great...