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Veterans names added to pillars on Veterans' Day

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At the Veterans Day ceremony at Gallup’s Courthouse Square on Nov. 11, 63 names were added to the memorial pillars thanks to the efforts of Howard Meehan of Silent Wing (Santa Fe), William Freer of Firefly Studios (Santa Fe), Veterans Committee volunteer Bebe Sarmiento of Gallup and Gallup Parks and Recreation Director...

NMPA elects new president

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But not without controversy

SANTA FE — A general membership meeting Oct. 30 in the Anasazi Room of El Dorado Hotel in Santa Fe saw Babette Herrmann, who owns and publishes the free Gallup Sun, officially elected to the position of president of the New Mexico Press Association, but not without objection.

NMPA member Bob Zollinger, publisher of the “Gallup Independent” — a newspaper that charges for its print editions — objected to Herrmann’s presidency, because she owns and publishes the free publication.

“I think New Mexico Press has lost its focus by allowing free newspapers, shoppers, to be on the board and to be a voting member. I don’t think it’s right that...

City council begins redistricting process

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The U.S. Census Bureau sent out in-depth demographic statistics from the 2020 Census in August, and now the Gallup City Council is finally ready to use that data to redistrict its boundaries.

The pandemic held up the release of the data by about five months. The final redistricting plan must be submitted to the Secretary of State’s office by Dec. 1.

The city council held a special work session on Nov. 2 to begin discussing the redistricting plan.

New Mexico Demographic Research LLC has a contract with the city to create redistricting plans, and the company’s president Rod Adair gave a presentation about the three possibilities. The council has to decide which plan to go...

McKinley County reports unofficial final election results

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These are the final unofficial election results for McKinley County for the Nov. 2 regular election according to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office.

 

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER POSITION 2 GALLUP/MCKINLEY COUNTY SB 2

PRECINCTS FULLY: 0 / 14 | PARTIALLY: 14 / 14

TITUS J NEZ

28%

207 VOTES

JULIUS ELWOOD

19%

143 VOTES

CHARLES LONG

53%

396 VOTES

TOTAL VOTES: 746

 

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER POSITION 4 GALLUP/MCKINLEY COUNTY SB 4

PRECINCTS FULLY: 0 / 13 | PARTIALLY: 13 / 13

CHRISTOPHER MORTENSEN

100%

293 VOTES

TOTAL VOTES: 293

 

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER POSITION 5 GALLUP/MCKINLEY COUNTY SB 5

PRECINCTS FULLY: 0 / 13 | PARTIALLY: 13 / 13

ESTER MACIAS

40%

256 VOTES

MICHAEL W...

Babette Herrmann begins term as NMPA president

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SANTA FE — Babette Herrmann rose through the ranks of the New Mexico Press Association to lead as president for a full year as the organization serves New Mexico newspapers and journalists.

Herrmann, who previously served as both the first and second vice president with the New Mexico Press Association and is dedicated to the organization’s mission, knows newspapers are still important, despite readers migrating to social media and online news.

“Newspapers still matter. People are still reading newspapers,” Herrmann said. “And it’s really on us — newspaper publishers — to keep that momentum going and not get caught up in all of the negativity.”

Herrmann owns and...

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