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A look at the first big movies of 2024

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The beginning of a new year is generally considered to be something of a slow season at the movies. Some awards hopefuls are still arriving at theaters after qualifying runs in major markets like New York and Los Angeles (The Zone of Interest and Origin being a couple of examples), but the general rule is...

Visit Gallup launching Valentine’s Day promotion

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Visit Gallup is partnering with local businesses to promote dining, shopping and staying in Gallup for  Valentine’s Day.

Local business owners who run specials for Valentine’s Day are invited to work with Visit Gallup staff to promote offers to the thousands of followers on social media and VisitGallup.com. The effort is a  push to encourage tourists to visit the Gallup community, but also to remind locals that there are plenty of romantic date ideas and “staycation” possibilities in the community.

Visit Gallup will help promote the specials in a similar way to the Holiday Shopping Promotion held in 2023. Visit Gallup is the tourism and marketing division of the City of...

Pets of the Week

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Meet Lady!

She is one year old. She is very much a cuddle bug, and she gets along with other cats.

Anyone interested in Lady can visit her at the Grants Animal Care Center at 722 Redondo Rd. in Grants, New Mexico. They are open Monday-Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

 

Meet Ghost!

was found being pulled behind a car. He was rescued and immediately taken to the emergency vet. He spent 2 months in recovery and is now ready for his new home.

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for information on Ghost.

Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for January 5, 2024

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Welcome to 2024 and a look at the highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. Due to the holiday, this is a quiet week with only a handful of releases. However, one of them is a big one and major awards contender. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies or need to stay indoors for a little while, be sure to check one of these titles out!



BIG NEW RELEASES!

THE HOLDOVERS: This comedy/drama follows a curmudgeonly prep school teacher. After irritating his superior, he is left at the site over the holidays to take care of students who aren’t returning home. The stern instructor and one of his troubled students butt heads and struggle to get along. As time passes, they...

‘Society of the Snow’ doesn’t sensationalize a historical plane crash

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This Spanish feature film will be available to stream on Netflix on Friday, Jan. 5.

The 1972 Uruguayan Flight 571 disaster was one of the most horrifying yet strangely inspirational tragedies of its day. For those unfamiliar with this real event, a rugby team, as well as other passengers and crew, were on a chartered flight from Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile when their plane crashed in the Andes mountains. Searchers failed to locate the wreckage and the snowy mountaintop survivors were forced to endure the worst for 72 days.

Their story, and the extremes to which they had to resort to for survival were eventually...

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