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City Council approves resolutions for improvements to golf course

Friday, 08 March 2019 10:16 By Cody Begaye Sun Correspondent

The Fox Run Golf Course took center stage during the Gallup City Council’s regular meeting.

Three items that pertain to the course were listed on the meeting agenda, covering two areas of improvements to the course.

COURSE CONDITIONS

During the 2018 monsoon season, the golf course had issues with drainage around...

Board of Commissioners approves resolution to oppose Environmental Review Act

Friday, 08 March 2019 10:15 By Cody Begaye Sun Correspondent

The McKinley County Board of Commissioners spent several minutes discussing a resolution in opposition to House Bill 206 at a special meeting.

HB 206, which is currently in the House State Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee, provides rulemaking authority to the Environmental Improvement Board and enumerates the powers and duties of lead and cooperating agencies.

The bill, cited as the Environmental Review Act, intends to provide New Mexico with a high-quality environment now and in the future, including wildlife populations and clean air, water, and land.

It would require government agencies at all levels to consider the qualitative, technical and economic factors...

Arrest made in c-store murder

Thursday, 07 March 2019 20:51 gallupsun

Gallup Police Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Nicholas A. Esquibel for the Murder of Logan Francisco March 7.

Esquibel, 20, was arrested at the Gallup Police Department after turning himself in. The murder occurred Jan. 9, at the Allsup's convenience store located at 112 Arnold Street.

Esquibel was booked into the McKinley Adult Detention Center for Murder, Tampering with Evidence, Negligent use of a deadly weapon and Shooting at/or from a motor vehicle.

State legislature moves seemingly unpopular minimum wage bill forward

Friday, 01 March 2019 10:43 By Cody Begaye Sun Correspondent

Higher minimum wage fears: inflation, loss of jobs

Legislators in Santa Fe continue to march House Bill 31 forward, but it features a hotly contested phased-in minimum wage increase for workers across the state, which has come under fire from some business owners who fear their only choice to deal with the increases, if the bill gets signed into law, will be to lay off employes and pass off costs to customers.

House Bill 31 was introduced by Rep. Miguel P. Garcia, D-Albuquerque, and Rep. Joanne J. Ferrary, D-Las Cruces, as an act relating to labor that would increase the minimum wage across New Mexico in phases.

HB 31 states that an employer shall pay an employee the minimum wage...

City adopts resolution for Municipal Officer Election Day

Friday, 01 March 2019 10:42 By Cody Begaye Sun Correspondent

The Gallup City Council recently approved a resolution that concerned scheduled election dates.

Once adopted, the resolution would establish the first Tuesday in March of even-numbered years as Municipal Officer Election Day for Gallup.

The resolution would establish that the city clerk shall conduct the election for municipal officers on the next Municipal Officer Election Day on March 3, 2020. This will be done through utilizing appropriate statutes, administrative code regulations, and provisions for the Gallup City Charter and City Code.

“We have a lot of faith in the city clerk,” Mayor Jackie McKinney said Feb. 19. “We are all more comfortable having our elections in the...