New jail employees: Judge Louis Depauli Jr. swears in new correctional officers at the McKinley County Court House in Gallup. The ceremony marks the end of training that included 120 hours of classroom study and three weeks of shadowing a senior officer. The department may sanction three or four training sessions a year, depending on the turnover rate of officers. Eight new officers were sworn in for their new duties. However, five positions are still open and applications are being taken. [Photo by Daniel Zollinger/Independent]

Pump failure: Water rushes over the feet of New Mexico Department of Tranpsortation employee Jeremy Cobb as he uses a pitchfork Thursday afternoon to check for any debris blocking the drainage grates on Maloney Avenue after NMDOT and city employees worked to reset the water pumps. Eastbound traffic was temporarily re-routed after a lightning strike in the area caused the pump to shut down, but it was quickly turned back on and the road opened back up. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]