Women’s Health Unit closes, temporarily

RMCHCS is losing doctors and they’re not asking why.

Dr. Hannah Palm, who has been at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services for less than a year, said she didn’t feel safe or heard. She believed the hospital was not well-staffed on the nurse or physician side in order to provide safe patient care, and found it difficult to work with the current administration.

When she announced her plan to leave, she said she was reminded of the lack of support she experienced previously at the hospital, by the actions of a single member of the administration, the only one who talked to her about it, who called her decision a “bummer,”...

Government employees on the Navajo Nation are now required to have COVID-19 vaccinations.

The 24th Navajo Nation Council has passed Legislation No. 0178-21 which requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all Navajo Nation government employees. By a vote of 12 in favor and 6 opposed, the bill also urges all Navajo-owned enterprises, authorities, corporations, businesses, schools, and entities operating within Navajo Nation boundaries to promptly adopt COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

“This law moves us forward as a stronger Navajo Nation. We are in this together,” Speaker Seth Damon (Bááhaalí, Chichiltah, Manuelito, Red Rock, Rock Springs, Tséyatoh), said Sept. 29.

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Kurt Steinhaus is the new Secretary of Education for New Mexico’s Public Education Department and this month he made his first visit to Gallup McKinley County Schools District.

Steinhaus is not new to the world of education. He’s seen the inside of a school district office before.

Prior to his new post, he was the superintendent at Los Alamos Public Schools. According to the NMPED’s website, he has previous experience with the NMPED as the department’s deputy secretary and it’s pre-kindergarten czar and education policy advisor to Gov. Bill Richardson.

In his new role, Steinhaus is touring New Mexico school districts to meet with students and staff. On Sept. 23 Thoreau...

Gallup firefighters, city councilors and the mayor gather around their Gallup Fire Department mascot Sparky Sept. 28 to prepare for Fire Safety Week (Oct. 3-9). On the screen, Councilor Yogash Kumar (Dist. 3). Back row from left: Councilors Fran Palochak (Dist. 4) and Michael Schaaf (Dist. 2), Gallup Mayor Louis Bonaguidi and Councilor Linda Garcia (Dist. 1). In the semicircle around Sparky are firefighter Paul Morris, Fire Marshal Jon Pairett, Fire Chief Jesus Morales, Fire Inspector Andrew Laweka and firefighter Michael Morris. Also in the picture, but not visible are: Battalion Chief Andres Campos, Lieutenant Jeremy Padilla and Fire Inspector Arlita Pablo. Photo Credit: Courtesy of...