CEO does not dispute the result
Only a day before the emotional town hall meeting that highlighted many disappointments with the current administration at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services, a ray of hope arrived for some in the form of a vote.
A vote count of the doctors who wanted to join a union was taken...
Still looking for economic relief?
Applications open Oct. 12 for $1.4 millionNew Mexico has appropriated $5 million to provide financial relief from the hardships caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The money will be used to offer a one-time cash assistance payment to qualifying New Mexico residents.
The New Mexico Human Services Department will begin accepting applications for economic relief assistance from New Mexico residents who did not qualify for federal pandemic stimulus payments and did not receive a July 2021 State of New Mexico economic relief payment, on Oct. 12.
Payments will be provided to low-income households based on funding availability. An initial round of payments was issued in July...
Mill levy agreement reconfigured to support RMCHCS
McKinley County commissioners spent part of the Oct. 5 meeting considering how to help Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services deal with some of its financial issues.The use of mill levy funds came up as a way to provide relief. A mill levy is a tax rate that is applied to an assessed value of a property.
In a previous interview with the Sun, McKinley County Attorney Doug Decker said the hospital had previously used the tax money they received for operational costs, maintenance, and repair.
Now the hospital administration has asked if the funds can be used to help with payroll.
The commissioners approved the requested change with the stipulation that the hospital would...
Tangled up in his explanation
Man is arrested after three-vehicle crashA Gallup man has been charged with vehicular homicide after he crashed into two other cars while driving drunk.
Gallup Police Officer Christopher Dawes was called to 100 Mendoza Rd. about a three-car crash with possible injuries on Sept. 29 a little after 2:30 in the afternoon.
He met with a man who was involved in the crash, who stated that a black Hyundai was trying to turn onto Horse Find Road when it was hit by a red Jeep that he estimated to have been traveling about 75 miles an hour. The Jeep rear-ended the Hyundai, which caused it to hit the a truck.
The man from the Hyundai said that he went to confront the man in the red Jeep, and...
Unwelcome visitor chased away from local hotel
A man on the fourth floor of SpringHill Suites, 1105 W. Lincoln Ave., was made to feel unwelcome after he flashed a machete and made a threat. The incident was called in and Gallup Police Officer Christopher Dawes arrived to find the man running across the intersection of U.S. Highway 491 and West Maloney Avenue.The man wasn’t alone. He was being followed by other officers. Dawes parked his vehicle ahead of the man, who began running down the nearby hill. Dawes joined the chase and yelled for the man, later identified as Eric Jose, 40, of Ramah, to stop. Jose did not respond.
It wasn’t until officers brandished their tasers, that Jose finally stopped and got down on the...
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