Coming off the heels of WildThing Championship Bullriding being canceled, another big summer gathering in Gallup has been taken off the schedule.

During their April 28 meeting, the Gallup City Council motioned to cancel the 2020 Best of the Best Rodeo for its original June date with a potential reschedule planned for August following the conclusion of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial.

However, Jennifer Lazarz, tourism and marketing manager for the City of Gallup, said at the council’s June 23 meeting, the circumstances impacting the rodeo’s potential new date have escalated in the past two months. As a result, the city recommended canceling the event entirely for the calendar...

MILAN, N.M. — The best pan-fried trout and mixed berry pie in all of Cibola County are now history thanks to COVID-19.

The Wow Diner in Milan officially shut its doors on June 14, ending a 14-year run for the restaurant.

“COVID-19 hurt us, when we had to start doing takeout. And then, just keeping employees. A lot of them did not want to come back to work, and a lot of them did not show up,” owner Stephanie Rivard said. “It was really hard to try and stay open.”

The retro-style diner temporarily closed on March 18 after Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham announced dine-in services for restaurants were suspended, but reopened April 7 for carry-out orders.

Early in June, Rivard...

Chelcee Pete

June 3, 8:28 pm

Aggravated DWI

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was dispatched to an address on Mentmore Road in reference to property damage after Metro Dispatch said that a vehicle had struck part of a fence and was parked off the road.

Willie searched the area and found the suspect vehicle about a mile and a half west of Carbon Coal Road and Mentmore Road. he made contact with the driver, Chelcee Pete, 28, of Fort Defiance, Ariz. who said she was trying to change her vehicle’s tire because it had burst while she was speeding.

After noticing Pete showed signs of being intoxicated, including bloodshot watery eyes and an odor of alcohol on her...

WINDOW BREAKER

Thoreau, June 16

A Thoreau man was arrested for criminal damage to property after a store clerk refused to sell him liquor.

The clerk told McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. that a man came into the Thoreau Speedway Store about 9:25 pm on June 16 and attempted to buy liquor. Because he was intoxicated, the store clerk refused.

The man then became very upset, said the clerk, and stormed out of the store. As he left, he raised his right hand into a fist and hit one of the windows in the front door and shattered it.

By the time Davis arrived at the area, the man was no longer in the area but using the clerk’s description, Davis was able to find him. He...