Traffic backs up at the Allison crossing as two BNSF trains pass
through Gallup June 20. The Munoz overpass is nearing completion
which should help alleviate some of the traffic problems across
town. An overpass has been proposed for the Allison crossing. [Photo
by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]
TOO HOT TO HANDLE?: Kara Iyott plays on a concrete slab near
the home of Teddy Nez in the Red Water Pond Road community Tuesday.
The soil around where she plays was recently replaced by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency because of radium contamination.
The EPA suspects the radium originated from the mining waste pile
in the upper right corner of the photo. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]
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Las Cruces cowboy Miguel Cisneros digs in his heels Thursday morning
while attempting to wrestle a steer to the ground during the chute
dogging event in the seventh performance of the Wrangler Junior
High Finals Rodeo at Red Rock Park. Cisneros was not able to pin
his steer down and had to settle for a no time. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]
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Friday
July 6, 2007
Selected
Stories:
Huge housing
project planned; Subdivision proposed south of Fort Wingate
Senators
ask for pipeline promise; Legislators request details of water plan
Death mars Grants
holiday
Hazardous
half-life; Uranium tailings cleanup still leaves questions
Deaths
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