Cutting Edge: Arthur Salazar with Salazar Quality Construction cuts tile on a wet saw Tuesday for the floor inside the new Melinda's Barbershop and Salon on First Street in Grants. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Something for the stocking?: Higinio Arriola uses a hammer to break up large blocks of coal recently as he and Socorro Garnica sell bags of coal from the back of their pick-up truck along Maloney Avenue in Gallup. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Executive director Art Hardy, left, Chris Chischilly and Cecelia Fred, all volunteers at Linah lliih Inc. at Rio West Mall are struggling to come up with the necessary grant money to stay open and provide services. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent] Full Story