Zuni News

A new business alliance has formed focused on the reduction of alcohol-related crashes in Albuquerque.

A public meeting to reconsider the emergency nomination of Mount Taylor as a Traditional Cultural Property will take place June 14 at in the Cibola County Convention Room.

The attempts by a Phoenix company to create a large subdivision south of Gallup near the Zuni Pueblo is back on the front burner. via Gallup Independent

A tornado warning for eastern New Mexico has expired although severe weather will remain in the area until after midnight, according to the National Weather Service. via KRQE

“On any given day, even in the middle of the week, I see three or four sets of people come to me shop from out of town”

Location : Primarily between Mentmore in the western area of Gallup and Gamerco and north of Red Rock Park up Pyramid Rock and up to Churchrock. via Gallup Independent

American Indian fifth-graders will race solar-powered cars that they designed at the Explora museum in Albuquerque on May 2. Public Service Co. via New Mexico Business Weekly

“If we sell 50 packets, that will cover air fare”

A tiny bingo game to raise some money for a gourd dancer took life of its own and became a full-fledged fund raiser set for tonight. via Gallup Independent

How do we know the local-food movement has finally hit its stride? Well here's one big sign: Locavore was chosen as the 2007 Word of the Year by the editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary, beating out ... via Santa Fe Reporter

“So far we've been keeping our grades up so we finally get to go to Disneyland.”

A dozen high-achieving fifth-graders from Dowa Yalanne Elementary School will be using their spring break next week to visit Disneyland courtesy of the Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program. via Gallup Independent

A Rio Arriba County map is slashed with big red circles. They all represent places where there have been traffic crashes. via KOB-TV

Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., thanks New Mexico residents for their continued support Saturday as New Mexico State University President Michael Martin, left, Athletic Director McKinley Boston, NMSU Board of ... via Silver City Sun-News

Items for calendar consideration may be submitted via mail, fax, e-mail or online and must be received two weeks before publication. via Santa Fe Reporter

Rep. Patricia Lundstrom is seeking re-election to a fifth term in the New Mexico House. via KOB-TV

“We've been told that we are not going to get as much as we hoped”

McKinley County officials will be learning in the next few days just how generous the state Legislature is this year. via Gallup Independent

I didn't realize it but when I visited Toadlena Trading Post and Two Grey Hills Trading Post and saw the sheep, met weavers and purchased a small rug, I was on the Northwest Fiber Arts Trail . via About Southwestern United States for ...

“I'm finally feeling better about it and it's just going to get better for everybody, all the citizens of McKinley County”

Eyewitness News 4 has learned despite New Mexico's tough DWI laws, there is a safe haven of sorts for drunk drivers in New Mexico. via KOB-TV

“Paiz told police it was her father's truck, and it was, but he reported it stolen”

It is a classic case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time for a woman from Las Vegas, N.M. Genoveva Paiz, 33, was visiting an individual in Grants. via Gallup Independent

Winter weather is slamming parts of New Mexico. Monday evening there were blizzard-like conditions in Farmington and Gallup. via KOAT.com

“These pins have become very popular”

Heavy traffic on South Second Street makes turning onto and off from Park Avenue a risky proposition at times, and city officials are including $700,000 in their funding requests to the state legislature this ... via Gallup Independent

“I don't intend to write any more plays unless something really hits me”

Josh Grider a Las Cruces native who now lives in Austin, Texas is well on his way to establishing his place in the Texas country music scene. via Las Cruces Sun-News