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Gold mining company named Toxic Polluter of 2020

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N.M. Environmental Law Center hands out AWARD

SANTA FE — The N. M. Environmental Law Center announced Dec. 4 that Homestake Barrick Gold Mining Company, with a mine five miles north of  Milan, N. M., is this year’s selection for Toxic Polluter of 2020.

The Homestake Mill site, owned by Barrick Gold, an international...

Gov. announces free at-home COVID-19 tests

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New Mexico’s governor announced residents can access free COVID-19 tests they can administer themselves at home, with results as soon as 24 hours later.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said New Mexicans can order the saliva testing kits. regardless of whether or not they’re symptomatic or have come into close contact with an individual who tested positive for coronavirus. If they wish, residents can use Zoom to talk to a supervisor who can help administer the test before they mail it off to the lab for results.

“We can drive down county positivity rates, help more businesses and workers get safely back on their feet, and keep more New Mexicans healthy,” Lujan Grisham said in a Dec...

County budget revised for Coronavirus relief

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The McKinley County Board of Commissioners recently voted to increase the county’s budget by more than $4 million, using revenue from the CARES Act, the economic relief bill signed into law during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Commissioners Bill Lee and Billy Moore approved a motion on the matter during their Dec. 8 meeting with little fanfare.

But County Manager Anthony Dimas, Jr., who spoke with the Gallup Sun afterward, stressed the importance of the funds, saying they are much needed in a place like McKinley County, which has experienced its share of coronavirus cases compared to other parts of the state.

“It’s giving us (the ability) to be able to get PPE...

Waterline break

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A waterline break at Aztec and S. Ford Drive in Gallup Dec. 8 did not disrupt water service for area customers, but did create a void at the southwest corner of the intersection.

Dennis Romero, Gallup executive director of water and sanitation explained that a void is something hidden underground.

“When you have a waterline leak like this,” he told the Sun, “the pressure creates a hole underneath. It doesn’t affect what’s above.”

Because the break did not impact service, it was determined that the line would be repaired Dec. 9. at which time Romero said, “We’re having to repair the sewer line as well.”

“We can do that without affecting any customer service,”...

‘No boundaries’

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Health care executive shares her COVID-19 story, strategies for virus

Tonya Ortiz-Louis knows what it’s like to be on both sides of the COVID-19 equation — the health care provider on the frontlines helping stricken patients and becoming one herself.

“I’m very grateful that I am alive today, considering the significant and life-threatening symptoms that I was experiencing,” Ortiz-Louis told the Gallup Sun Dec. 7. “This entire experience really reminded me that COVID-19 has no boundaries — it doesn’t matter how young or old you are; whether you think you have a good immune system or you don’t have any underlying health care conditions.”

The executive director of...

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