Need love: Two of the terrific animals waiting for their forever homes at the Gallup-McKinley Co. Humane Society. Adoption fee includes first vaccinations and spay or neuter. The shelter offers a low-income spay-neuter program for pet owners to get their animals altered at a discount. Visit the animals at the shelter on N. Hwy. 491 or for more information, call 863-2616. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Much-Needed Moisture: A fresh blanket of snow coats the ground and rooftops in Gallup on Thursday morning after some much needed precipitation finally came to the area. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Women of Honor: The Soroptimist International of Gallup presented Gina Fitzjerrell, left, with the Women of Opportunity Award and Crystal Casias with the Violet Richardson Award during the organization's annual award luncheon on Thursday at El Rancho Hotel. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Melting Memories: Gallup Housing Authority employee Randy Vigil clears snow from a sidewalk along Ford Parkway on Thursday morning in Gallup. However, as temperatures rose, much of the snow that blanketed the area has melted. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Full House: John Gibbons Beverage, left, D'Ante Pooacha-Thomas and Tyson Bond, bottom, play a game of Yu-Gi-Oh during the junior varsity Ramah Lady Mustangs game Friday night. The Zuni vs. Ramah rivalry attracted so many fans that some had to sit on the floor at the ends of the court. [Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent]