As of 7 am on April 28, conditions at the site of the train derailment near the Arizona border continue to improve.

Constant air quality tests are being performed around the site and reportedly do not indicate any concern for the quality of air.

The evacuation area has now been reduced to a one-mile radius from the incident site.

Heavy machinery is being utilized to remove debris, while firefighters and hazmat personnel protect the area from the release of any hazardous materials and control fire growth and development.

BNSF operations is working alongside fire responder teams to safely extinguish the fire.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation its' bridge inspector is...

The McKinley County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a missing juvenile.

Alyssa F. Becenti, 17, was last seen leaving her residence in Gamerco on April 18. She was last seen wearing all dark clothing.

Anyone with any information about the whereabouts of Alyssa is asked to call Investigator Tsethlikai at the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office at (505) 979-7300 or Metro Dispatch at (505) 722-2002.

McKinley County Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a BNSF train that had reportedly derailed and caught fire off Interstate 40 near the New Mexico/Arizona state line around 12:45 pm on April 26.

When they arrived at the scene, they discovered that approximately 35 rail cars carrying mixed freight derailed, six of which contained Liquified Petroleum Gas, otherwise known as propane.

Multiple agencies responded to the incident, including McKinley County Fire & Rescue, McKinley County Office of Emergency Management, Gallup Fire Department, New Mexico State Police and BNSF Railway Police. There were no injuries reported.

To mitigate existing conditions and for the safety of the surrounding...

PASSING OUT IN STARBUCKS

Gallup, April 5

A man was caught with meth after he passed out at a local Starbucks.

On April 9, around 4:45 pm, Public Service Officers were dispatched to the Starbucks at 840 U.S. Hwy. 491 after a man, who was later identified as Warshaw Suazo, passed out in the store’s lobby.

When officers arrived at the scene, Starbucks employees told him that Suazo, 45, was becoming disorderly. Suazo was handcuffed and paced in the backseat of a public safety officer’s van, and the officers requested that a Gallup Police Officer meet them at NCI at 2201 Boyd Ave. because Suazo had a hypodermic syringe.

GPD Officer Gilbert Gonzales arrived at the detox center...