ArtsCrawl is usually a big part of Gallup’s social calendar during the spring, fall, and summer. But COVID-19 has kept it on hiatus for a year and a half. However, during the Business Improvement District meeting on Aug. 19, Executive Director Francis Bee gave the board some hope for the future.

“… I would say right now there’s like a 50/50 chance we’re going to have the ArtsCrawl, but we’re planning for it; because if you don’t plan for it, it certainly can’t happen,” Bee said.

Bee asked the city council to close Coal Avenue between First Street and Third Street and Second Street between Route 66 and Aztec Avenue. The closures were approved.

“We’re keeping a...

Municipalities across New Mexico are preparing ordinances to begin selling legal cannabis.

Most of Aug. 24’s City Council meeting was spent preparing Gallup’s ordinance and making final adjustments before it becomes official.

In weeks past, the city council and the Planning and Zoning Committee discussed what they wanted to see out of the ordinance. (Aug. 6)

The Planning and Zoning Committee drafted a zoning ordinance which outlined the areas in the city where cannabis can be sold or consumed. (Aug. 11)

This week’s city council meeting allowed for discussion and final changes to the ordinance.

In an interview with the Sun, Director Clyde Strain said the Gallup Planning and...

UNM-Gallup announced current enrollment numbers for Fall 2021 stand at 1,747 students and 14,165 student credit hours as of Aug. 25.

At the same time last year enrollment stood at 1,937 students at 15,474 student credit hours.

Senior Public Relations Specialist Lee Lamb said the school expects the numbers to increase slightly over the next couple of weeks and could wind up about even or slightly ahead of last year’s figures.

 

A multi-agency effort led to the early morning arrest of alleged wanted murderer Josiah Smith in Gamerco.

The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, Gallup Police Department, and the FBI were able to locate Josiah Smith, 27, from Smith Lake, N.M. on Aug. 21 around 7 am.

According to McKinley County Undersheriff James Maiorano, Smith had an outstanding warrant for a murder that was connected to a shooting that happened in Church Rock, N. M.  earlier this year. That case is being handled by the FBI.

Smith was taken into custody without incident or injury.

On May 17, Smith allegedly shot and killed a man by firing into a window from outside a Church Rock home.

Smith is an enrolled...