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TRAPT rocks Gallup

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Meeting your favorite rock band is always exciting: getting their autographs, take a few pics, and then, rocking out to them with your fist in the air makes life a little sweeter. Yet sometimes reporting these concerts can take you somewhere unexpected … like the inside of a car, where I met with the band for this...

Elderly touched by angels in Gallup

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Rio West Mall and iHeart Media gathering holiday donations for residents of Red Rock Care Center

Red Rocks Care Center patients will be touched by angels this Christmas thanks to a partnership between the facility, Rio West Mall and iHeart Media of Gallup that sponsors a holiday event designed to engage the Gallup community in Christmas gift-giving to the elderly.

“Christmas is a beautiful time of year, but it can also be difficult for families to be together because of distance, weather or illness. Red Rocks partnership with Rio West Mall and iHeart Media of Gallup ensures that our elderly residents will be remembered this holiday as the Gallup community comes together to make the...

Embracing technology

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Gallup High online teacher gets monthly accolade

Camille DePauli is a 21st Century teacher, breaking the mold of the stalwart instructor who stands at the front of the classroom lecturing and scribbling directives to students on a chalkboard.

DePauli, who has worked at Gallup High for nearly 30 years, was awarded “teacher of the month” by Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe. The contest allows for students of all stripes to nominate their favorite teacher or professor. From there, a committee picks the winner.

Step into DePauli’s classroom, and you’ll find students working on computers, quiet and seemingly content with the online classes the school offers. Web-based classes range in...

36th annual Red Rock Balloon Rally to launch from city parks

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Gallup Council OK’s launch sites

The Gallup City Council unanimously approved a request by a lead organizer of the 36th annual Red Rock Balloon Rally to use city parks, because the Fox Run Golf Course at 1109 Susan Ave. won’t be open at the beginning of December. Fox Run is a launch point for the rally, but due to renovations at the troubled course, rally organizers sought out other locations.

The action took place at the Oct. 25 regular city meeting and was not met with opposition. The balloon rally takes place from Dec. 2 through Dec. 4.

“The Red Rock Balloon Rally wanted to get the city’s permission to use city parks for possible launch sites for the Friday morning mass...

NTU hires alumni as catering coordinator

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They always come back.

Navajo Technical University has hired J.D. Kinlacheeny as the school’s new catering coordinator, school officials announced this week. Kinlacheeny will oversee the school’s outside and in-house catering requests from NTU’s Food Services and Culinary Arts and Baking programs, Daniel Vandever, a spokesman for NTU, said.

Kinlacheeny has been working with NTU the past two years where he has run the “Healthy Cooking and Eating in Indian Country” initiative, which trains food preparation staff at Bureau of Indian schools on how to prepare and present Navajo foods in a healthy way. The experience is something that NTU culinary arts instructor Brian Tatsukawa...

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