‘We have to be ready or they’ll pass us by’

Autonomous cars are becoming more popular thanks to people like Elon Musk and Tesla and the other car companies that will soon be competing with him in the field. In order to prepare for this future, more states are creating legislation addressing the subject of self-driving vehicles.

Michael Sage, the deputy director of the Economic Development Corporation, has been a leading force on this front in McKinley County. On March 2 he presented two bills – New Mexico House Bill 270 and New Mexico Senate Bill 133 - that would bring legislation to bring autonomous vehicles to Gallup in a special city council meeting on March 2. He also...

The Keep Gallup Clean and Beautiful Board met Feb. 16 to brainstorm ways to motivate and inspire Gallupians to beautify the city.

Board member Kara Smith envisioned a day when there would be less litter in Gallup.

“Ultimately the way I see that happening is step-by-step and one thing that we need to continue doing as an organization with our strategic planning process, is building out a phase[d] work plan,” Smith said.

When the board discussed how they might achieve their goals of ending littering and making Gallup beautiful, Smith said “That could involve everything from PSAs [public service announcements], … to innovative campaigns — that could be billboards, that could...

The Jail Authority Board reviewed the McKinley County Adult Detention Center’s intakes at its Feb. 23 meeting.

Christopher Sice, the misdemeanor compliance program manager for McKinley County, guided the board through the compliance report.

He reported that $4,419 had been collected for the DWI program, and that $5,676.17 had been collected for the compliance program, for a total of $10,095.17.

In telling the board about supervised probation defendants, Sice said 13 percent of them had completed a treatment program, 11 percent were still attending one, 52 percent did not attend one, 1 percent did not complete a program, and 23 percent did not have a treatment program ordered.

After...

ALBUQUERQUE — Manison Largo, 41, of Church Rock, N.M., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, made an appearance on March 1 in federal court where he is charged with sexually abusing a child younger than 16. Pending trial, Largo will be released to a halfway house when space is available.

According to a criminal complaint,  Largo allegedly sexually abused the victim on multiple occasions, beginning in approximately 2017. The victim is also an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. During the course of the alleged abuse, which occurred at Largo’s residence in Church Rock, on the Navajo Nation, the victim was under 12 years old.

The victim was able to borrow a phone and called...