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Fox Run reopening

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Golfers stretch their legs

As things begin to reopen around the state, including McKinley, Cibola and San Juan Counties, a few people were out hitting golf balls and stretching their legs on May 22 when Fox Run Golf Course reopened.

Matthew Alcala, the director of golf course operations for Fox Run, said things...

‘There’s two sides to every story’

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Robert Baca will offer an open ear to the community

The new face on the McKinley County Commission will be Robert Baca’s.

Baca, who has been in the Department of Public Safety for over 27 years and a magistrate judge appointed twice by Governor Susana Martinez, as well as an associate judge in Zuni for a little over a year, says when it comes to today’s challenges, he wants to spend some time getting up to speed on what the current District Three commissioner is working on.

He plans to meet with Bill Lee to get his point of view and see if he can follow where he’s going or maybe tweak it a little bit.

Baca said he doesn’t have any burning ideas. He wants to collect first...

County receives Q1 data for Liquor Excise Tax

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The McKinley County Board of Commissioners received a report of Liquor Excise Tax funding data for the first quarter of calendar year 2020 during its June 2 meeting.

Maura Schanefelt, DWI Program Manager for McKinley County, spoke about how the funding is used to help the community respond to DWI, substance abuse and other issues.

The report she provided contains DWI admittance data from 2018 to 2020, which Schanefelt said was requested by the City of Gallup to compare the number of admissions for each year. The data showed while admissions to detox centers in 2020 were about equal to those in 2019, both numbers are above the figures for 2018. And the number of people who were...

WellSpring Recovery Center celebrates remaining infection-free

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‘It’s a team effort’

The WellSpring Recovery Center has had to deal with a double whammy of treating patients who come in for drug and alcohol addiction recovery, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted life throughout the world.

But so far, they have been up to that challenge, Bill Camarota, special projects and safety officer at WellSpring said. The center wanted to celebrate its staff and patients remaining infection-free as of May 29, since the pandemic hit the region.

“We jumped into action and put our protocols together to protect our staff and the patients,” Camarota said. “It definitely was a team effort.”

The in-patient population, which Camarota...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Justin Stephenson

May 29, 10:04 pm

DWI

Justin Stephenson, 39, of Pachuta, Miss., was arrested at a local hospital after he had an auto accident of U.S. Highway 264 at about the 16 mile marker.

He said he was coming from Window Rock and admitted he “sipped on a beer” shortly before driving.

He agreed to take a field sobriety test and was given a verbal test to count backwards. When he missed a number, he was arrested for DWI. He later took a breath alcohol test and posted two samples of .13.  He was charged with reckless driving and driving 92 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone.

Stephenson was released on his own recognizance by a judge.

 

Walter Lee

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