Wingate High School art students Natalie Benally and Glenson Pete collect artwork Thursday as they prepare to send it for exhibition and sale at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Steve Marquez, left, discusses the plans for a war memorial commemerating soldiers who were killed in action during WWI,WWII, Korea, and Vietnam with, from right, Tony Mace, Raymond Savedra and Hugh Sheldrick at Lasting Memories in Milan on Tuesday afternoon. The memorial will be built on the southwest corner of Horizon and U.S. 66 if the city approves it. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent] Full Story

One of the secondary clarifiers slowly stirs the wastewater in its tank Thursday at the Gallup Waste Water Treatment Plant. The plant is scheduled to begin upgrades to its equipment, including replacing the primary screw pumps and adding more clarifiers. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]