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A great day to adopt

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The McKinley County Humane Society is offering a deal to help homeless animals find their forever homes.

During the dates of the Empty the Shelters Bissell Pet Foundation promotion, May 5-9, they will lower their adoption fees.

The McKinley County Humane Society is not one of the 200 shelters originally listed as a participant in the promotion, and may not receive the financial benefits from it. Nevertheless, Animal Protection Supervisor Cosy Balok told the Gallup Sun May 5 that the shelter would join in.

Bissell Pet Foundation includes McKinley County Humane Society on the list of shelters and rescue operations it partners with across the country.

The Empty the Shelters event is...

CEREMONIAL 2021

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Lots of reassurances, few clear answers

It’s hard to know whose signature is on Gallup’s signature event.

To listen to New Mexico Tourism Department Secretary Jen Schroer and the Intertribal Ceremonial Office Executive Director Melissa Sanchez tell it to the Gallup City Council April 27, the ICO is inclusive, with a task force Sanchez describes as “comprised of some of the local Ceremonial office members, as well as event coordinators, special events people who have worked at other special events … and also Ceremonial volunteers.”

But not everybody listening came away with a warm, fuzzy feeling.

Kyle Tom, president of the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, said the...

City council hears about Lexington Hotel, Economic Development Week, more

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During the pandemic, many people without homes have been at risk of contracting the virus. But they’re getting a break thanks to the city, the non-profit Heading Home, and the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department.

In a previous interview with the Sun, Gallup City Manager Maryann Ustick said the Lexington Hotel had been purchased by the city about three years ago when the CARE 66 Foundation gave it up. When they bought the property, it was in bad shape, and Ustick explained that the city simply “kept the utilities going.”

The hotel was finally able to open on Feb. 1.

According to Heading Home’s website, the charity opened the 26-unit building that provides...

Wild Thing bull riding slated for July

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WildThing Championship Bull Riding event, canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will go on this year as organizers had hoped.

The Gallup City Council voted to allow the event to be held July 9 and 10 at Red Rock Park at 825 Outlaw Rd, Church Rock, N.M. .

That decision comes just weeks after the council gave the green light to another popular event in the city, the Best of the Best Rodeo — though the two events are not related.

WildThing’s producer, Larry Peterson, spoke in glowing terms about the fact that the bull riding competition is able to take place this year. He said the event puts Gallup on the map, has been filmed and covered in national bull riding...

A castle-building competition in school

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GMCS students build their own 3D printers

Students at the Gallup-McKinley Community School District are getting the chance to be a part of cutting-edge technology in Eric Schieldrop’s engineering class this year. Fifteen students from Gallup High and Miyamura will build their own mini 3D printers thanks to a donation from Sandia National Labs.

The Labs purchased the printers for $300 each and donated them to the school.

“This is part of [the labs’] effort to support New Mexico talent and foster a community of technicians and engineers that are right in the area ... They want to help build the workforce,” Schieldrop said.

The donation allows the students to participate in...

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