Topic a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’

The McKinley County Board of Commissioners held a discussion about a proposed road resolution at their regular meeting Oct. 2.

The commission discussed ceasing road maintenance on certain roads, portions of roads, road segments and bridges on which the county does not have jurisdiction.

County Manager Anthony Dimas Jr. said that the proposal has been prepped for key staff members to review. He said the commission, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Navajo Nation have worked on the resolution for the past year.

County Attorney Doug Decker said the resolution can be sent ahead quickly or held for a comment session.

County Chairperson Genevieve...

The City of Gallup agreed on a design option for the Coal Avenue Commons Construction Project Sept. 25 that will feature a plaza street.

Stanley Henderson, public works director for the City of Gallup, said the city worked with GallupARTS, the Business Improvement District, Gallup MainStreet and the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments on a plan to transform Coal Avenue, from First to Third streets, into an event street.

Henderson said the city held public meetings to stimulate downtown development and revitalization in a process dubbed “creative placemaking.”

He said three conceptual design options were formulated from the creative placemaking process. Visuals and...

Staff Reports

Despite first responders life saving measures, an unidentified man died Oct. 3 from stab wounds sustained during an alleged confrontation with another man near Second Street and Hill Avenue.

Gallup Police responded to the area near Octavia Fellin Public Library shortly before 1 pm and found the badly injured victim.




Officers were able to get a lead on the suspect with the assistance of witnesses.

Detectives were called to the scene and began interviewing witnesses and processing the scene for evidence.

Late Wednesday evening, Gallup Police arrested Gregory L. Long, 26, for an open count of murder. He was booked into the Gallup McKinley Adult Detention Center with...

ALBUQUERQUE — At around 7 pm Oct. 2, the New Mexico State Police investigated an incident in which a pedestrian was fatally struck by a train.

The initial investigation indicates that Gerald Paul Smith (62) of Albuquerque was trespassing on a restricted area of the rail road tracks near Commercial and Indian School when he was struck by a north bound Railrunner that had just left the downtown station.  Smith was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

It is unknown why Smith was on the tracks or whether alcohol was a factor in the incident. The investigation is ongoing with no additional information currently available.