For months now, the Business Improvement District board has been keeping an eye on the COVID-19 situation in McKinley County to see if an October return of ArtsCrawl would be safe. With the proposed October date less than a month away, the BID board spent a significant amount of time during their Sept. 16 meeting discussing...News
Off-again, on-again ArtsCrawl is back on
For months now, the Business Improvement District board has been keeping an eye on the COVID-19 situation in McKinley County to see if an October return of ArtsCrawl would be safe. With the proposed October date less than a month away, the BID board spent a significant amount of time during their Sept. 16 meeting discussing...Coal Avenue Commons project update
Phase Two of the Coal Avenue Commons project is moving closer to becoming a reality.During the Sept. 16 Business Improvement District board meeting, Gallup’s Assistant City Manager, JM DeYoung went over the project’s updates with the board. City Manager Maryann Ustick prepared updates for the meeting in an email.
Ustick said the state will pay for Phase Two of the project. The cost for Phase Two is estimated at $3.5 million.
“We are so excited that the state has come up with the full amount of funding for this project,” Ustick told the Sun.
The city staff is currently working with construction firm Wilson and Co. to get a fee proposal to do the necessary re-certifications...
Computer science courses come to McKinley Academy
McKinley Academy students are getting the chance to learn about the latest technology as the school introduces a new education pathway: computer science.Science teacher Christopher Adams spent his summer taking a course about teaching computer science to prepare to present the new material. In an interview with the Sun, he explained that the school is currently only offering a single class in the curriculum, one that teaches the essentials of computer science.
Computer science instruction was new to Adams who originally taught basic science.
“When I was going through the training, oftentimes they said ‘the only way you’re going to be able to learn it is through having more...
Party becomes murder scene
Teenage serviceman killedBy Beth Blakeman
Managing Editor
A 19-year-old Diné
U. S. Army SPC lost his life at a party two years ago. On Sept. 27, the then-17-year-old accused of killing him will be in Albuquerque Children’s Court.
Isaiah Villanueva was a half-Navajo New Mexico native who joined the U. S. Army at the age of 17. He was accepted to train with security forces and signed up for six years.
But about two-and-a-half years in, Villanueva attended a party in Albuquerque. He was fatally shot there.
It was June 27, 2019, when two 17-year-olds identified as Angel Grado and Timothy Malek arrived at a party on Quetzl Drive SW in Albuquerque armed with guns.
During the...
Weekly Police Activity Report
‘ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME’Thoreau, Sept. 8
A man wearing a black Tupac shirt with the words “only God can judge me,” was seen by a Dollar General employee at 90 State Hwy. 371 in Thoreau, taking a Sylvania Bluetooth Boom Box and leaving the store without paying.
McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Harland Soseeah made contact with the suspect, identified as Andy Garcia, 31, of Gallup, who stated he bought the speaker two days earlier.
Soseeah said he noticed the charging cord was still in the bag and not open.
A review of the security footage showed Garcia entered the store at about 5:37 pm, went to the back-to-school section and grabbed the box, and then left. The serial...
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