![This mature lilac in bloom will be available for purchase the Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department Forestry Division spring seedling sale which kicks off Dec. 7. Photo Credit: EMNRD](/images/resized/images/news/2016/295_dec11/18_200_200.jpg)
SANTA FE— The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Forestry Division spring seedling sale kicks off Dec. 7. The Conservation Seedling program will have approximately 30,000 trees and shrubs available for sale on the Forestry Division...
RMCHCS has brought Samuel McDowell on as its new director of finance.
McDowell was born and raised on the East Coast of the United States, but has spent most of his working career at a variety of international postings that includes the Philippines, Micronesia, Indonesia, Sudan, Romania, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
He most recently served as chief financial officer of a women and children’s hospital in Abu Dhabi.
McDowell has a unique hobby… flying sailplanes whenever he has the spare time.
Gallup Indian Medical Center will be the first Navajo Nation health facility to receive the coronavirus vaccine when it arrives on Dec. 14.
Dr. Loretta Christiansen, chief medical officer of the Navajo Indian Area Health Services, told a Facebook live town hall Dec. 10 that the vaccine, which requires very cold storage would be coming to GIMC in less than a week.
Christiansen attributed the designation to the hospital’s ability to store the vaccine as instructed by the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer-BioNTech.
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.
“We can do that without affecting any customer service,” Romero said.
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