Wyland Foundation awards car to Battered Families

The Wyland Foundation recognized Gallup Aug. 7 as a winning city for the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. The annual challenge is a friendly challenge between cities across the U.S. to see who can be the most water-wise.

The five winning cities included Westminster, California; Tucson, Arizona; Gallup, New Mexico; Dallas, Texas; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Steve Creech, executive director of the Wayland Foundation, said he was honored to celebrate the efforts of the residents of Gallup for water conservation.

“Residents made a series of pledges to save water at home, in their yards and around the...

Jeff Irving, roads superintendent for McKinley County, was present at the McKinley County Board of Commissioners meeting on Aug. 7 to present the contract with Red Lake Chapter #18 for improvement to three roads in the Red Lake community.

The project, Irving explained, has changed multiple times since its launch in 2012.

“We came up with a project we could use money for,” Irving said during the meeting.

Despite roadblocks in state funding, the county came to an agreement with Red Lake Chapter. At the time, Irving said the chapter had $50,000 to put into a project that at the time cost just under $100,000.

After that, both groups got the New Mexico Department of Transportation...

The recreational trails grant for Cibola County was one of the items discussed at the McKinley County Board of Commissioners meeting Aug. 7.

The program is ran by the New Mexico Department of Transportation and provides federal funding for recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both non-motorized and motorized trail uses such as hiking, bicycling, and off-highway vehicles.

Kate Fletcher, Cibola County manager, was at the meeting to ask the commission to become the county’s fiscal agent and adopt a memorandum of agreement stating so.

Fletcher said that neighboring counties have worked with Cibola County on projects for trails, such as the Zuni Mountain Trails...

All campus offices at UNM-Gallup will be closed for regular business on Aug. 13, from 8 am - noon, to allow faculty and staff to attend campus convocation.

Offices, which will be unavailable during this time, include registration, advising, financial aid, testing services, Zollinger Library, business operations (including cashier’s office), gymnasium, and all academic/faculty offices.

Regular services will resume at noon Aug. 13.

For questions, call (505) 863-7770.