Interstate 40 phase details and Gallup events update
State Highway Department releases bids for the next I 40 phase with bids opened July 22 in Santa Fe. The phase, 1 206 miles, includes drainage and earthwork and 225 working days are planned. Hubbell Trading Post expands summer hours and tours through Labor Day with 20 percent higher visitation than 1976.
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Gallup
State Highway Department
Santa Fe
Gallip
Highway Dept
Jose Acosta
Employment Security Commission
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Hubbell
Hubbell Trading Post
McKinley General Hospital chief resigns for personal reasons
John Vowell administrator of McKinley General Hospital in Gallup resigns effective June 30. He will take a temporary post with Presbyterian Hospitals in Florence Colorado to meet family obligations as he and his wife expect a November child. Presbyterian is recruiting an interim administrator.
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Patrice Locke
Gallup
John Vowell
McKinley
General Hospital
Vowell
Presbyterian Hospital
Florence
Colo
Colorado
Vowells
Presbyterian Hospital of
Albuquerque
McKinley General
Sisters of St. Francis
Presbyterian
Fred Mondragon
Joint Commission
Isia Ae
Independent
McKinley “General
Forest Fire‑Driven Closure Shuts McGaffey Area
U S Forest Service closed Cibola National Forest at McGaffey near Gallup as a 10 000 acre forest fire sent thick smoke over the Jemez Mountains and Los Alamos. Firefighters faced zero humidity. containment expected by Tuesday with rainfall needed to lift the extreme fire condition.
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Gallup
Jemez Mts
Los Alamos
U.S. Forest Service
Cibola National Forest
McGaffey
Forest Service
Cibola Forest
Mt. Taylor
Freshman Council Members Endorse 13.6 Million Budget
Gallup’s new city councilmen Wayne Lewis and Frank Colaianni back the fiscal year budget starting July 1, totaling 13.6 million. They note substantial cuts, with Lewis calling the plan “very satisfied” and Colaianni saying he is 90 percent. They hint at possible transfers to next year and acknowledge overtime in the review.
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Gallup
Wayne Lewis
Frank Colaianni
Council
Lewis and Colaianni
Joint Utilities
Navajo Council Receives WESCO Gasification Plan
The Navajo Tribal Council was shown the proposed coal gasification agreement with Western Gasification Co. for plants near Burnham New Mexico. Negotiations continue with a six month payment trigger of about 2 million dollars to the tribe after construction starts at the first plant.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Tribal Council
Western Gasification Co
WESCO
Burnham
N.M
Peter MacDonald
Rangeland Dies Slow Death in Navajo Reserve
A report describes the Navajo Reservation land as dying a slow, agonizing death due to steady deterioration. The piece links environmental decline to the people tied to the land where they were born and graze their livestock.
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Rock
Ariz
Navajo Reservation
American bishops lead canonization rites for first male U S saint
In Vatican City three American cardinals preside as thousands attend services in Roman basilicas for the canonization of John Nepomucene Neumann, the Philadelphia bishop, with ceremonies at St. John Lateran and St. Paul Outside the Walls, as details remain unclear.
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Pil
Grimai
John Nepomucene Neumann
Philadelphia
Ako
John. Excerpl
St. John
Lateran
Terence Cardinial Cooke
New York
Paul's
Gallup's CDA Funds Confirmed by HUD Decision
Gallup city officials announce final approval of 631000 in Community Development funds from HUD pending environmental review. If no protests are filed within a week, HUD will issue a letter to proceed for using the money to support rent for low income families under Section Eight and related development plans.
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Gallup
Edward Junker
Department of of Housing
Jeff Meyer
HUD
Zia
Galhp
Meyer
Public’ Health Service
Fire damages lines near Gallup injures five acres
A blaze west of Gallup Sunday afternoon burned about five acres and damaged 15 telegraph poles connected to power lines. No injuries reported. Local crews battled the fire and began assessing damage to infrastructure and service.
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Gallup
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New Mexico Restaurant and New Mexico Hotel and Motel Association
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Bill Fultz
Howard Cowper
Benefield
Opera Guild
Georgiana Kennedy
Santa Fe Opera
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Pelleas Et Melisande
Say Iy Aviv Eltocutht
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Don Warren
Carter
S. Fourth
Warren
Jemez Mountains
New Mex
Ico
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Bee
New Mexico
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Salazar
Santa’ ‘Fe
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Ehesto
Novara
Kent Lena
CDA
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