ChildSight New Mexico program coordinator Angie Holtsoi uses a lensmeter to double check the prescription on a pair of eyeglasses Thursday at her office in the basement of the Octavia Felin Children's Library in Gallup. ChildSight provides eye exams and eyeglasses for students in New Mexico, traveling to schools to administer the exams and distribute the glasses. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Traffic moves slowly across the railroad crossing after a freight train rolled through the intersection Thursday, backing traffic up in both directions at Allison Road in Gallup. The City of Gallup is hoping to get $800,000 from this legislative session to begin work on designing and building an additional overpass at Allison Road, a need that has become more apparent with the closing of the Munoz overpass. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Car Fire: After extinguishing most of the flames and prying open the hood Thursday, Gallup firefighters douse the last remnants of a car fire at 304 E. Lincoln Ave. in Gallup. Nobody was injured in the blaze, which sent plumes of smoke into the sky that could be seen from across town. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Vanessa Peywa, 33, and her daughter, Arin Peywa, 11, look on as Emy Little, loan officer for the American Mortgage Group, Inc. from Phoenix, crunches numbers for them. The mortgage group answered questions the community had about securing a Native American Home Loan. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent] Full Story