CIBOLA COUNTY - The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate an officer involved shooting on Interstate 40, near milepost 114 by Laguna, N.M. on Oct. 17.



At approximately 10:50 am, New Mexico State Police responded to assist the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) with a vehicle pursuit on State Road 6, west of Los Lunas, N.M. Agents learned VCSO deputies were pursuing a male subject who was involved in a shooting incident earlier in the day in Valencia County. VCSO Deputies pursued the vehicle west on State Road 6 to Interstate 40. The vehicle merged onto Interstate 40 and proceeded to travel westbound.



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SANTA FE - The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) will host a special Veterans Day Zoom Outreach on Nov. 11 from 9 am to 12 pm.

Veterans or their dependents can connect via the video communications computer application Zoom with DVS to get help with filing for or updating a veterans’ VA or state veterans benefits.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is not allowing DVS to safely gather in person to celebrate Veterans Day this year,” DVS Secretary-Designate and U.S. Air Force veteran Sonya L. Smith said. “So we’ve decided to make it a day of online service to safely help our fellow brothers and sisters with their benefits needs.”



Veterans can contact DVS Veterans...

Pumpkin carving at Gallup’s best

Getting ready for the upcoming Halloween holiday, One80 Productions, a side project of The Door Gallup Christian Fellowship Church, held a Fall Festival downtown Oct. 24 with a night full of spooky fun.

Families got to enjoy numerous activities including face painting, a monster cake walk, and a pumpkin carving contest with prizes and sweet treats for everyone.

The One80 holds live music, skits, and activities every Saturday night for the whole community. This was their way of showing people that they can still have fun and stay safe, according to Concert Director Paul Heimberg.

“We realize that there’s probably not a lot of...

Missing from the Oct. 26 Gallup-McKinley County Schools Board of Education meeting agenda was an item about a joint lawsuit GMCS and 16 other state school and one charter school district filed against the New Mexico Public Education Department, calling the actions of the department secretary “unlawful.”

Superintendent Mike Hyatt explained the suit to the Sun Oct. 27.

“The lawsuit is about the secretary of education overreaching his authority and marginalizing citizens and their elected board members across the state,” Hyatt said. “The suit also contains action against the state for taking dollars from schools that were supposed to be for COVID-related expenses.”

According...