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Two District 5 school board candidates compete for GMCS

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By Rick Abasta

Sun Correspondent

November 2 is Election Day.

Ten people are signed up to run for positions with the Gallup-McKinley County Schools Board of Education, five of them running to represent District 5. That means Michael W. Schaaf has four opponents as he runs for re-election as GMCS Board Member. So does Ester...

FBI fights hate crime using the Navajo language

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Staff Reports

The FBI kicked off a three-month campaign on Facebook using a color photo of the Window Rock arch with a message in Navajo encouraging victims and witnesses of hate crimes to contact the FBI.

"Our message is clear and simple: Hate has no place on the Navajo Nation or anywhere else," Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda of the Albuquerque FBI Division said. "For those more comfortable communicating in Navajo, we hope this outreach encourages them to call us or go online if they are aware of a hate crime."

The ad is expected to run through the end of the year.

The FBI has also posted anti-hate crime messages in the Navajo language on Twitter and gave a radio interview on...

Man shoots companion in car

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A woman who showed up to the Cibola General Hospital in Grants with a gunshot wound brought out officers from the New Mexico State Police.

The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called and took over the investigation, which revealed that a man identified as Deandre Mirabal, 23, of Grants, and the female victim, Raquel Morales, 21, of Grants, were traveling west in a Ford Mustang on Interstate 40 when they got into an argument and Mirabal produced a firearm.

Near Milepost 85, the woman, who was driving, tried to grab the weapon from Mirabal and then the altercation became physical.

During the struggle for the gun, it went off and hit the woman in the head. Mirabal...

International Economic Development Council recognizes GGEDC with two awards

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Deputy Director receives NM IDEA Award

The Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation was recently honored with two awards from the International Economic Development Council for its efforts in expanding economic development in the region.

The International Economic Development Council has honored GGEDC with the Business Retention and Expansion Initiatives Gold Award for a population of 25,000-200,000.

The award honors the work done by GGEDC to help McKinley County Paper Plant at 295 County Rd. 19 in Prewitt, when the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Authority’s Escalante Generating Station announced in January of 2020, that it would close within a year. That closure...

Commissioners to vote on two resolutions regarding telecommunications

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Where to place the cell towers, what to charge

The McKinley County Commission meeting took up the topic of cell towers at its Oct. 19 meeting.

County Attorney Doug Decker gave a presentation about siting and permitting county facilities for wireless telecommunication.

Decker told the Sun that 2003 was the first time the county ever adopted a cell tower ordinance. A local government is required to comply with Federal Communications Commissions rules and the New Mexico law regarding cell tower regulations.

Decker said one of those rules says a cell tower must have the engineering strength to withstand the pressures put upon it, such as weather conditions. Neighborhoods also have to be...

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