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Gallup Sun wins NMPA awards, again

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Sun closes out another productive year

BERNALILLO, N.M. —The Gallup Sun won three awards at the 2017 New Mexico Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The Sun is classified under the Weekly Class II category.

The awards ceremony, which was held at the Santa Ana Pueblo Hyatt Tamaya Resort, celebrated various newspapers from around the state.

Correspondent Bernie Dotson won a first place award for Sports Writing. Sun Editor and Publisher Babette Herrmann and former Editorial Assistant Mia Rose Poris won a second place award for news writing, and photographer Hawk Segura won an award for his “Nightly Indian Dances” photo.

The Gallup Sun has been the recipient of NMPA awards for two consecutive years. Dotson and Herrmann received NMPA sports and news writing awards last year, too.

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