Clean energy and how to create it continues to be a topic of discussion among government entities. The state’s representatives began discussing another option during the second session of the 55th New Mexico Legislature.

On Jan. 25, Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham announced the introduction of House Bill 4, the Hydrogen Hub Development Act, which will expand the clean energy economy in New Mexico while lowering greenhouse gas emissions through incentivizing low-carbon hydrogen production and export.

According to a press release from the governor’s office, President Biden’s administration plans to invest $8 billion to encourage the development of four regional hydrogen hubs to...

Gallup Clinic boosts specialty care access in the Four Corners

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center opened a multi-specialty medical clinic at 205 E. Nizhoni Ave. last March. The clinic, which serves both adult and pediatric patients, provides specialty care services such as  gynecology oncology, maternal fetal medicine, women’s ultrasound, dermatology, pediatric cardiology, urogynecology, vascular, and genetic testing, and counseling services. There is also a COVID testing center for pre-procedure or surgical patients. However, the center is not offering COVID vaccines or COVID testing for the general population at this time.

“In our state, in general...

MOLD, ROOF ISSUES PLAGUE CURRENT LOCATION

McKinley County commissioners voted to approve over $1.5 million for a new shelter for battered families at their Jan. 11 meeting The McKinley County Domestic Violence Shelter for Battered Families has been serving county residents for 43 years.

“The $1.5 million is for the design of a new emergency shelter to meet all of our community needs,” the non-profit organization’s executive director Emily Ellison explained. “We used our data and made a list of on average how many people need shelter at a given point [and] that showed that we needed to expand our emergency shelter building.”

Ellison said that ideally, each shelter should be...

facility is providing greatly needed substance abuse treatment services

Four Corners Detox Recovery Center, which is providing much needed substance abuse treatment programs to the Gallup area, is celebrating its one-year anniversary.

FCDRC opened in Dec. 2020 offering medically managed detoxification services to men and women and added a short-term Residential Treatment Program in June in order to meet significant demand in the community. All FCDRC programming emphasizes bridging traditional cultural practices with evidence-based treatment through the use of peer support and local staff.


The latest effort by FCDRC has been to create the Four Corners Rural Health Care Services...