Jason  Valentine built a career  out of knowing about the housing market. As a realtor with Coldwell Banker, he has seen what the housing market in Gallup looks like, and he noticed that it wasn’t good. So he started the Gallup Housing Summit in March 2019, and this year he brought in community leaders like Mayor Louis Bonaguidi, Bill Lee CEO of the Gallup Chamber of Commerce, New Mexico Representative Patricia Lundstrom, D-Gallup, Brett Newberry of the accounting firm Newberry and Associates, and many more.

In an interview with the Sun, Valentine gave a brief overview of what he thinks needs to be done in Gallup to get more houses built and potentially attract more people to...

PERSONAL BOUNDARIES IGNORED



Gamerco, March 21

Johnny Warren said an argument started when he was riding his motorcycle with his daughter and noticed Rudy Lopez on his property. At 11:27 am he told McKinley County Sheriff’s Sergeant Garylle James that he didn’t know Lopez. Warren said he approached Lopez to find out why he was there, and Lopez became combative and threatening, stating “This is my hood.” The two were approached by James at 703 Portal, in Gamerco. They were yelling at each other. Warren waved at the deputy for assistance and Lopez began walking away. When James followed, Lopez took a fighting posture and said, “I dare you to come closer.” He also threw a...

Stevens Concepion-

Molina

Feb. 21, 2:25 am

Aggravated DWI

While patrolling westbound on State Highway 118, New Mexico State Police Officer Alejando Solis-Torres spotted a passenger car traveling east at 64 mph near the 18-mile marker. He turned around and followed the vehicle, pulling it over and conducting a traffic stop near Marguerite Street and Highway 118.

Solis-Torres met with the driver, Stevens Concepion-Molina, 28, of Gallup. While he spoke with him, Solis-Torres observed he had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. There was also an open container in the cup holder.

Concepion-Molina said he had consumed “a lot” of alcohol at some point prior to driving, but did...

Week ending Friday, March 26, 2021


Bovine Emissions

Feeding beef cattle a small supplement of red seaweed each day could sharply cut the amount of the greenhouse gas methane that the animals expel into the atmosphere through burps and flatulence, scientists say. Methane is 30 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2, making cows important contributors to global heating. Researchers from the University of California, Davis say that after feeding cows about three ounces of the marine plant per day for 21 weeks, they saw an 80 percent reduction in methane produced by the ruminant animals. The team is working on ways to make it easier to feed the cows seaweed and...