Sawing Wood: U.S. Park Service firefighter Tarl Norman packs up his chainsaw, "Ghandi," Saturday at the entrance to Canyon De Chelley in Chinle, Ariz. The park service and other firefighters cleared more than 12 acres of Russian olive trees around the entrance to the canyon over the last few weeks. The trees were seperated into firewood and brush. The firewood is available for anyone to come and pickup for free and the leftover brush will be burned during a controlled burn later this summer. (Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent)

Icy conditions are being blamed for a double-fatality accident early Sunday morning on Interstate-40 on the overpass near Mile Marker 26. According to New Mexico State Police Lt. Darren Soland, the seven-vehicle accident occured at 6:13 a.m., when the driver of a west-bound SUV lost control of the vehicle on the overpass... (Photo by Jeremy Schneider/Independent) Full Story

Long ride home: A wagon sits among wildflowers in a corral behind the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Ariz. while an inlaw-chasing spring snowstorm blows over on the west wind Saturday afternoon. (Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent)

In his prayers: Anderson Hoskie, a traditional Navajo practitioner, performs a blessing ceremony Saturday at the New Mexico Cancer Center-Gallup building site located off College Drive and Boardman Avenue. The Rev. John Luginbuhl, pastor of Gallup Baptist Church, also offered a prayer for the new site. (Photo by Jeremy Schneider/Independent)