New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law April 12 a law legalizing adult-use cannabis, following other states in a measure approved by the state Legislature after the chief executive called them into a special session to examine this particular issue last month.




HB 2, sponsored by Democrats — three of them representatives and two senators, none of which were from McKinley County — had been awaiting the governor’s signature for a few days until Lujan Grisham could sign legislation that came out of the general session, Nora Meyers Sackett, press secretary to the governor, told the Gallup Sun.

New Mexico becomes the latest state in the U.S. to legalize...

LUNA COUNTY, N.M. - New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott initiated a traffic stop on a white Chevrolet pickup on Interstate 10 eastbound, near mile marker 102 east of Deming, N.M. on Feb. 4.



During the traffic stop, Jarrott asked the driver, identified as Omar Felix Cueva, 39, of Deming to exit the vehicle. Cueva exited the driver’s side holding an AR-15-style rifle and fired at least one shot at Jarrott as he was walking to the rear of the vehicle. Jarrott ducked and fell onto his back as Cueva ran around the back of the pickup toward Jarrott.

Cueva fired several more rounds at Jarrott who was struck by gunfire and killed. As Cueva ran toward the front of the truck on...

Robot to fight virus at Twin Lakes Elementary

Robots will soon be joining students at Gallup-McKinley  County schools in the district’s battle against COVID-19, the common cold, and the flu in the classroom.

When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in 2020, GMCS tried many strategies to keep its schools as healthy as possible. Cleaning vents and disinfecting surfaces were some of the methods used.

But in November, the district found a different solution: robots.

That’s when GMCS reached out to UVD Robots, a company that builds infection protection robots that use UV-C light to deactivate bacteria and viruses. UVD Robots is a Danish company that has its U.S. headquarters in...