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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...

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...

Ninth Annual KIDS COUNT Conference focuses on women of color

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Entitled “A Just, Equitable & Sustainable Future for New Mexico Families: Centering Children & Women of Color in Recovery,” the Ninth Annual KIDS COUNT Conference was held virtually on Oct. 21.

Deputy Director Amber Wallin of NM Voices for Children said the theme was chosen because women of color are on the front lines of leading necessary transformative change in communities and across the country.

Key Speaker Taifa Butler, president of Demos, a progressive nonprofit working with grassroots organizations across the country, discussed the harsh reality of poverty she experienced during her childhood and the transformational changes that must be made to support black and brown...

The wrong side of the tracks?

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Disagreements continue over the new library’s proposed location

The Gallup City Council approved the new regional library location a couple of months ago, but a few of the councilors are still unsure about the northern site.

During the Oct. 12 city council meeting, Brandon Howe, a planner with the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments, went over the Modified Downtown Redevelopment Plan. The NMCOG was put in charge of redeveloping the document, and Howe explained to the councilors that some of the projects in the plan would take one to three years, some would take four to six, and others would require seven to ten years to complete.

The new site for the regional library...

Assessing tribal education progress in the pandemic

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GMCS is figuring it out

The pandemic proved to be a major obstacle as the Gallup McKinley County Schools performed its annual district-wide Tribal Education Status Report to document the progress of nearly 9,000 Native American students in the 13 schools located on the Navajo reservation in the GMCS Districts.

GMCS Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Pauletta White did her best with the annual Tribal Education Status Report for the 2020-2021 school year, which she presented Oct. 4 to the School Board. However, the report is missing student achievement data as well as attendance information.

Because of the pandemic, the state received an accountability waiver from the U. S...

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