“Vigorously academic, beautifully diverse, thoroughly Christian”

That is the motto that guides the Rehoboth Christian School’s new sixth grade program.

Sixth grade science teachers Kate Poortenga and Michael Baldonado started a new RCS curriculum known as “High Desert Horizons” three years ago.

Poortenga told the Sun the idea is to use the neighborhooc as a learning tool for students. She explained that this is a way for them to learn from people in the region and also from the land.

“If we understand the corners that we have in this world, we can then use that to understand the rest of our world,” she said.

In the past the students...

IT WAS THERE A MINUTE AGO

Thoreau, May 22

One Thoreau man noticed his son’s truck was missing after he looked outside his window and didn’t see it one Saturday morning.

On May 22, around 7:07 am, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Ivan Tsethlikai Jr. was dispatched to #219 State Highway 122 in Thoreau after a caller said a truck had been stolen.

Tsethlikai met with the Thoreau man who made the call, who explained that his son’s red Dodge Pickup truck had been stolen from his front yard between 6 am and 6:40 am that morning. He stated that his grandson had parked the truck in front of his house the night before, and that all the entry gates had been locked. But he acknowledged...

Roy Jesus

May 24, 9:26 pm

DWI

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was traveling westbound on Highway 264 near Tse Bonito when he tracked a silver Chevy Silverado traveling 65 mph in a 45-mph zone. He turned to follow the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop.

There were two passengers in the car when Willie approached the vehicle. He met the driver, Roy Jesus, 32, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., and requested his documentation. Willie noted a strong smell of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle and Jesus admitted he had smoked some marijuana about two hours prior to driving and also consumed three 12-oz. bottles of Samuel Adams beforehand.

Jesus agreed to take the standard...

Statewide, NM — During the Memorial Day holiday, the New Mexico State Police participated in the Combined Accident Reduction Effort operation across all roadways within the state. The goal of the traffic initiative is to increase motorist safety and reduce the number of crashes through a strong law enforcement presence.

Because of the increased volume of traffic during the holiday, NMSP increased its patrol presence during this initiative on roadways throughout all State Police districts on the busiest travel days of the Memorial Day weekend, specifically May 29, through May 31.

The operation resulted in State Police officers issuing over 1,800 traffic citations (116 citations were...