UNM-Gallup literary arts journal now accepting submissions for 2024

The 2023 digital edition of “Red Mesa Review,” the literary arts journal of The University of New Mexico-Gallup, has been published online and is now available to read.

“Red Mesa Review” features poetry, short fiction and essays by various authors and voices in the West Central Plateau and Four Corners region. The digital edition is currently available on the UNM-Gallup website, and physical copies are expected to be available in January.

“I think readers can expect some great writing from some really unique perspectives, representing contemporary and timeless issues from the community’s eyes,” Dr. Keri...

Beyale said a lot of families often make mistakes when a loved one goes missing. One of the most common mistakes is not filing a missing persons report right away.

“Number one, most important, is to do a missing persons report, no matter what,” Beyale said. “No matter if ‘Hey, he/she does this once in a while, but they’ll be back in a week.’ I get a lot of those, and a majority of the time they don’t make it back so we don’t know where they went.”

One misconception a lot of people have is that someone has to have been missing for over 24 hours before the police can file a missing persons report. That is simply a misconception people have picked up from films and TV...

It looks like 2024 is the Year of More for Gallup Community Health, which is getting ready to move to a bigger space that will allow it to provide more services to more people.

The primary care practice will officially move into the former College Clinic at 2111 College Dr. March 4, although some administrative staff will start to move over sooner.

The move will offer two big advantages – vastly more space and proximity to Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital – as well as a lot more incremental opportunities.

First, the new space means going from the cramped 4,320 sq. ft. quarters at 2022 E. Aztec Ave. to a building with more than 17,000 sq. ft. That means going from 13 exam...

How German Shepherd’s natural talents created opportunities

Bernadine Beyale didn’t plan on going into K-9 search and rescue, but after she brought her German Shepherd Trigger home over seven years ago, she realized it was something the dog was born to do.

Trigger’s breeder suggested he go through some obedience training classes, and once Beyale took him there, their instructor, who also taught search and rescue training, suggested he do further, specialized training. Beyale said he caught on pretty quickly.

“… It was pretty much him sitting there as a puppy looking at me like ‘Hey, I really enjoy this work, this is what I want to do, are you in with me or are you...