(Continued from last week)

However, Eddie Draper, of Bread Springs, N.M., was seemingly confident in plucking horses from the Voluntary Horse Sale in Shiprock, N.M. on Nov. 13.

“[I want the horses] for personal use,” Draper said at the sale. “I’m friends with other ranch owners near Gallup. We hold horse story seminars [every so often].”

Draper said the Gallup horse seminars serve as an avenue for education and recreation, emphasizing the importance of the horse in Navajo culture.

THE PROCESS

The Shiprock Voluntary Horse Sale and Equine Reward Program, and others like them taking place across the reservation, were programs initiated by the Navajo Nation Department of...

Rodeo to increase number of sponsors, events and contestants

The Gallup City Council discussed the promotion contract and budget for the sixth annual Best of the Best Timed Event Rodeo for 2019 at the Nov. 27 regular meeting.

The 2018 Best of the Best event was held at Red Rock Park June 27-30 and offered seven timed events for the country’s top junior and senior high school rodeo athletes.

Jon DeYoung, assistant city manager, spoke for the contract and budget at the meeting.

The contract for 2019 underwent several changes from the previous year. Specifically, the contract states the City of Gallup must purchase all items for Best of the Best in order to insure proper...

Groundbreaking slated for early in the new year

The McKinley County Board of Commissioners discussed and approved the issuance and sale of industrial revenue bonds for the benefit of Rhino Health, LLC at the Nov. 20 regular meeting.

Rhino Health, LLC is a South Korea-based supply company that applied to the county to utilize the shuttered glove factory near Church Rock to produce nitrile gloves of various sizes. The plant was used to manufacture latex gloves before being closed in the early 2000s.

The business will bring in an anticipated 300 to 400 employees.

This factory and the plans for it were last discussed at the July 24 Board of Commissioners regular meeting, when the amount...

New rules close gap between outpatient and acute care

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health announced new regulations and licensing requirements for crisis triage centers, according to a Nov. 27 press release.

This new type of health facility is designed to help individuals who voluntarily admit themselves to stabilize their behavioral health incidents.

Crisis triage centers will provide emergency behavioral health evaluations, as well as outpatient and short-term residential services. This new framework helps close the gap between the needs of patients with outpatient and acute care needs.

“Crisis triage centers will be an important safety net link to crisis...