New Mexico Lt. Governor Diane Denish and Ernest Bicenti, Jr., McKinley County commissioner for District 2, discuss the finer points of mutton Thursday at the state capitol. Bicenti, and other officials from Gallup and McKinley County were visiting Denish and state lawmakers as part of Gallup/McKinley Day. Biccenti asked the Lt. Governor for help funding a meat-packing plant in Ramah and repairs to county roads in his district. [Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent]

Playing Possum: Gallup Police officers help a man walk along the foot path between I-40 and the railroad tracks just west of Third Street in Gallup on Thursday afternoon. Officers initially responded to the area after receiving a report that the man was dead, and they set up a crime scene permieter stretching more than four blocks to prevent any media observation of the scene. Instead of being dead, the man was simply intoxicated. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Winslow Bulldog Mark Armao(4) throws his hands into the air while Window Rock Scout Ephriam Sloan(33) falls over an already fallen Bulldog Stacey Berg(5) while trying to make a layup at Tuesday night's game at the Ft. Defiance Fieldhouse. The Scouts beat the Bulldogs 80-76. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]