In this file photo from February 2005, tow truck operators from A-1 towing prepare to right an SUV that rolled over on I-40 near the Arizona state line. McKinley County Metropilitan Dispatch Center is now charging tow truck companies an annual fee to be included on the rotation schedule of who to call to handle accidents, and two local towing companies have decided to no longer participate in the rotation. (Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent file photo)

Newly elected Gallup-McKinley County School Board member Joe DeLao raises his right hand as he is sworn into office Monday night by Judge Rhoda Hunt at the Gallup McKinley school's central offices on Boardman Avenue in Gallup. Re-elected board member J.R. Thompson was also sworn in for his new term during the board's meeting. (Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent) Full Story

For the past 40 years, Leroy Gabaldon has been serving up chicken 'the Colonel's way,' operating franchises for Kentucky Fried Chicken in Gallup. Gabaldon got his start in the food industry working at Earl's Restaurant as a cook and has been serving local diners' needs ever since. (Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent) Full Story

Out of The Fog: A line of trucks becomes visible through the fog as they drive west Monday along I-40 near the Fort Wingate Exit. Although the fog stretched from Gallup to Thoreau and lowered visibility no accidents were reported. (Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent)