Local News in McKinley County, New Mexico

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Brimhall Church Rock Continental Divide
Crownpoint Fort Wingate Gallup
Gamerco Jamestown Manuelito
Mentmore Navajo Prewitt
Rehoboth Smith Lake Thoreau
Tohatchi Vanderwagen Yatahey
Zuni Continental Div Sheep Springs


Feds recover indigent-care funds in deal with state
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:34:29 -0800

About $8 million contributed by New Mexico counties to leverage federal matching funds for hospital care of indigents will go instead to satisfy a settlement between the state and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Jobs, genetics won't stop her from climbing
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:38:44 -0800

Marybeth Dingledy, who will be sworn in as Snohomish County's newest Superior Court judge next month, stands on top of Mount Baker in 2006. Dingledy has summited a number of peaks with Climb to Fight Breast Cancer, which benefits Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Uninsured patients costing taxpayers
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:12:18 -0800

FARMINGTON — San Juan County's cost for treating patients without health insurance more than doubled in the last four years.

NMSU Regents receive updates on legislative session, fundraising, athletics
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:35 -0800

SANTA FE - At a regular meeting Monday in Santa Fe, the New Mexico State University Board of Regents heard updates on the legislative session, fundraising and athletics.

Gaming officials request Navajo police coverage
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:59:25 -0800

The Law and Order Committee will hold a special meeting today at 10 a.m. in the north conference room of the Navajo Nation Council Chamber to discuss placing law enforcement officers at the tribe's casinos.

Grant Funding Available for Rural Business Development
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:56:56 -0800

(January 31, 2012 Albuquerque, NM) USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner announced today his agency is now accepting applications for the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) program.

Hamilton pushes for simulator tech
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:33:28 -0800

SANTA FE - State Rep. Dianne Hamilton drove down a street in Fallujah recently, looking out from the lead tanker of a convoy of troops.

Combat simulator bill among vets legislation
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:15:35 -0800

SANTA FE — State Rep. Dianne Hamilton drove down a street in Fallujah recently, looking out from the lead tanker of a convoy of troops.

NM hospital hires its first endocrinologist
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:19:37 -0800

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – The hospital recently hired a doctor with six years of experience treating American Indian patients to assist physicians who treat the most complex diabetic patients in the county.

Bill aims to help veterans fight traumatic memories
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:34:09 -0800

State Rep. Dianne Hamilton drove down a street in Fallujah recently, looking out from the lead tanker of a convoy of troops. Her convoy passed a bombed-out Jeep. Figures leapt from the shadows. Another convoy came speeding toward her.