Staff Reports

Michael Wilson

09.24.17, 10.34

Agg. DWI, 1st Offense

Dispatched to the Thoreau area at the I-40 exit 53 ramp, to watch for a possible drunk driver, Metro Dispatch advised McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Paul Davis Jr. that the suspect was now at milepost 55. Davis then proceeded eastbound to that location and made contact with the vehicle at milepost 57. The vehicle was swerving from side-to-side, crossing the white-painted dotted lines and the white solid shoulder lines on the roadway.

The vehicle did not stop immediately, traveling another quarter mile before coming to a complete stop. Wilson, 51, agreed to a field sobriety test but he...

Interim Provost Craig White announced Sept. 27 five finalists for the Chief Executive Officer position for the UNM Gallup branch campus.

“I am delighted that we had such great interest in this important position,” he said, in a press release. “Our Gallup campus is incredibly important to the overall mission to UNM because it serves an important community and diverse set of students.  I believe we have a very strong set of candidates.”

Candidates will interview both on the Gallup and main campus between Oct.9-26. Exact times for candidate open forums have not been confirmed yet and will be announced when available.

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SANTA FE – Attorney General Hector Balderas issued a Scam Alert Sept. 27, regarding scammers who are calling people in the Santa Fe-area threatening to jail or fine them $2,000 for failure to report to jury duty.

The jury duty scam may be familiar to people in other parts of the state as the Office of the Attorney General has had previous reports from Bernalillo and Doña Ana Counties, but the scam appears to have resurfaced in the Santa Fe-area. Attorney General Balderas’ statewide Scam Alert was issued today to urge New Mexicans to be on guard for this scam and protect themselves from financial harm.

“The courts do not call people to notify them of fines or warrants,” ...

The McKinley Uranium Blue Ribbon Task Force, held a meeting to hear from community leaders in their continuing efforts to bring awareness on uranium and the health effects in people’s lives.

Organizers for the task force amassed proponents at the Gallup Community Center, who have fought for years against the uranium industry.

“We started having conversations about how this is going to impact our lands, water,” said Talia Boyd, organizer for the task force. “Our decision makers could formally recognize the need for these studies.”

At the center of the Thursday meeting was a proposed moratorium on uranium presented to the McKinley County Commission in January.  The...