The University of New Mexico Hospital and United Health Professionals NM division of the American Federation of Teachers, who seek to represent clinical employees at UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital, have agreed to resume good-faith bargaining that has failed in the past.

During the week of Sept. 2, a New Mexico District Court judge ruled that bargaining should continue between UNM Hospital and AFT, while both parties continue to wait for a ruling on whether PRN (pro re nata) employees, who are temporary, freelance workers, should be included in the bargaining unit. New Mexico law states only “regular employees” can lawfully be included into a...

Bonaguidi, Schaff reflect on growing up in Gallup

Neighborhood kids gathering together for a game of backyard baseball. Or shooting hoops at a friend’s house. These are some of Mayor Louie Bonaguidi’s favorite memories of growing up in Gallup during the ‘60s and ‘70s.

 

THE BONAGUIDIS MOVE TO GALLUP

The Bonaguidi family chose Gallup as their home in 1924 after Louie’s father Sesto and his brother Mario decided to expand their shoe repair business. They already had a store in Albuquerque, but they’d both heard great things about the mining town of Gallup and decided to give it a try.

The two men traveled back and forth between Gallup and Albuquerque for a while...

This month, a new website is launching to give New Mexicans the information they need to shop around for the most affordable, highest quality health care. The website, which can be found at: apcd.doh.nm.gov, allows New Mexicans to compare average prices and quality metrics for common, non-emergency procedures at each of the state’s 44 hospitals.

The new health care transparency website is the culmination of legislation enacted in 2015 (Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 323 and 474). The legislation was based on recommendations from Think New Mexico’s 2014 policy report, "Making Health Care More Affordable." The legislation, which passed both the House (52-0) and...

An unscheduled water outage that is affecting parts of Green Avenue and Second Street started at 1:30 pm and is expected to last until 9:30 pm.

The outage will affect City of Gallup water customers in the following area:

• The intersection of Green Avenue and Second Street