Out With The Old: ABOVE: Looking a bit like a scene from a foreign war zone, demolition crews work Tuesday to flatten John F. Kennedy Middle School along Boardman Avenue in Gallup. BELOW: Olin Vicenti uses a hammer to delicately strip the mortar from piles of red bricks Tuesday morning at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Gallup. Demolition crews spent the day tearing down the old building as part o the Gallup-McKinley County School district's plans for building another high school and Junior High School for students in the city. [Photos by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Virgie's Restaurant owner Charlie Chavez takes a peek at the damage Tuesday morning after a fire in the bookstore next door on Historic Rt. 66 to his restaurant caused extensive smoke damage to his establishment and forced him to close his restaurant until the damage can be cleaned up. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent] Full Story

Airborne search: Vultures fly from their perch after circling near a wash just east of Second Street on Monday. A quick search of the area revealed no dead or dying animals. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]