Dear Editor,
In recent months, the consideration for obtaining curbside recycling has continued.
Currently, the city of Gallup has started staffing the recycling drop off centers with expanded hours. This has made recycling in Gallup more convenient to the public and is a positive step. The August non-binding referendum...
Madame G guide to the stars WEEK OF SEPT. 2 - 8
Rituals have power and can assist us through challenging times. In Santa Fe, the burning of Zozobra or “Old Man Gloom” kicks off the Fiesta weekend. It’s a chance to put all your frustration, anger, and sadness into the puppet that’s lit on fire. If you can’t make it to the capital, consider making a ceremony of your own that banishes the gloom. Madame G wishes you well.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
You may feel a little stuck. Maybe you’re in a job you don’t really like or maybe the shine is simply wearing off. If you’re running low on the energy you had during the Spring — don’t despair. It’s actually good to slow down and reassess. What do you really want...
Aries (March 21-April 19)
You may feel a little stuck. Maybe you’re in a job you don’t really like or maybe the shine is simply wearing off. If you’re running low on the energy you had during the Spring — don’t despair. It’s actually good to slow down and reassess. What do you really want...
Relationship figures big in six-year journey to start pet-care business
By the time they had adopted seven dogs from friends and neighbors, David and Juliana Garcia concluded that Las Cruces sorely needed a business that served animals and the people who love them.The couple bought a van with their savings to start a mobile grooming business for large pets. By the time they were ready to buy a second van to accommodate their growing client base, the Garcias were thinking about opening a hotel and day camp, with spa services on the side, for dogs and cats.
In the challenging years between conception and creation of Pet Planet (petplanetcomplex.com) in 2014 — years that coincided with the deepest recession in nearly a century — the young entrepreneurs...
Report takes in-depth look at state K-12 spending
Increases don’t match inflation, student population growth
ALBUQUERQUE— When funding is adjusted for inflation, New Mexico was still spending less per student on K-12 public education in 2015 than it did before the recession. In the two years since then, funding increases — which amounted to less than 1 percent a year — have still been too low to keep pace with inflation and student population growth.
A report released Aug. 31 by New Mexico Voices for Children takes an in-depth look at K-12 spending in New Mexico — both the funding that is funneled through the state equalization guarantee and so-called “below-the-line” spending going to specific programs that are not...
ALBUQUERQUE— When funding is adjusted for inflation, New Mexico was still spending less per student on K-12 public education in 2015 than it did before the recession. In the two years since then, funding increases — which amounted to less than 1 percent a year — have still been too low to keep pace with inflation and student population growth.
A report released Aug. 31 by New Mexico Voices for Children takes an in-depth look at K-12 spending in New Mexico — both the funding that is funneled through the state equalization guarantee and so-called “below-the-line” spending going to specific programs that are not...
Part 2 of 2: What “Can be Done”
Pay your employees better wages and follow your own operating policies, as well as HR standards. When hiring, you should already have a value scale for education, experience, skills, and certifications. This value scale is used to determine what the position’s total value is as far as base pay. The value scale is also used to determine which candidate is interviewed, and subsequently hired.What do you pay them? Use this scale again to determine the pay to offer above base if that person had more education, experience, skills, and certifications than the job description requires.
Don’t claim to be working on a “Step Increase” advancement scale, if you are not. Especially...
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