Health care executive shares her COVID-19 story, strategies for virus

Tonya Ortiz-Louis knows what it’s like to be on both sides of the COVID-19 equation — the health care provider on the frontlines helping stricken patients and becoming one herself.

“I’m very grateful that I am alive today, considering the significant and life-threatening symptoms that I was experiencing,” Ortiz-Louis told the Gallup Sun Dec. 7. “This entire experience really reminded me that COVID-19 has no boundaries — it doesn’t matter how young or old you are; whether you think you have a good immune system or you don’t have any underlying health care conditions.”

The executive director of...

Leora Billie

Nov. 22, 2:44 pm

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On Nov. 22, Deputy Terence Willie pulled over a black Dodge Avenger, which the officer observed had a front passenger not wearing a seat belt when the vehicle approached a stop sign at an intersection.

The driver, Leora Billie, 41, Ganado, Ariz., was reported to have “bloodshot watery eyes” and could not locate a driver’s license or proof of insurance when asked.

Willie also found two passengers in the backseat of the vehicle passed out, with one of them holding vodka in his hand. A few minutes later, the deputy found three closed pints of Importer’s vodka on the driver’s side floorboard. Billie later told the deputy how much alcohol she...

The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest affidavit for a Gallup man accused of evading law enforcement at a traffic stop before dangerously speeding through intersections and parts of the city.

Michael Charley managed to avoid seeing officers again on the night of Nov. 26, after they conducted a traffic stop and advised him he would receive a warning citation for speeding on Highway 602.

Still, using the identification card Charley had provided authorities, Deputy Terence Willie was able to submit the affidavit for numerous charges, including: aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, reckless driving, no registration, no insurance, failure to stop at a red light...

Gallup’s northside was rocked, when a cold, quiet evening turned violent next to the Panda Express at 508 N. U.S. Highway 491, Dec. 9

Gallup Police responded to calls of shots fired shortly after 6 pm. When they arrived on scene, they found a man shot dead. The victim has been identified as Adam Chee, 37, of Gallup.

At the scene, detectives questioned Jonathan Wright, 27, of Gallup.

From there, Wright was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and retaining stolen property, in this case a firearm. Both charges are felonies.

As of press time, Pablo did not say whether Wright will be charged with the murder of Chee.

She said that she could not...