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City Council gets clean audit

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First time in nine years

The Gallup City Council heard a presentation about their FY19 annual financial audit report by the Albuquerque-based accounting firm Hinkle and Landers, PC during their Feb. 18 meeting.

Farley Vener, President and Managing Shareholder of Hinkle and Landers, gave the presentation.

Vener said the...

Shortened Summer Nightly Indian Dances schedule set

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New concert series planned after dances, Ceremonial

Last November, the Gallup City Council heard a presentation from the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce about potentially shortening the season for the Summer Nightly Indian Dances in 2020.

This proposal came after the financial results showed a drop-off in visitors and revenue after the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial started in the first part of August.

Tourism and Marketing Manager Jennifer Lazarz presented the contract to the council during their Feb. 18 meeting. The contract states the upcoming dance season will run for 75 days starting May 25 and will cost $55,000 in Lodgers Tax funds.

Dist. 4 Councilor Fran...

Federal assault suspect caught

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A Ramah man is now being held in federal custody in Albuquerque after being charged with assault resulting in serious injury.

Nathan Singer Lee, born in 1994, was arrested on Feb. 7 in Gallup.

According to federal court records, Lee was arrested by tribal police on Feb. 1 at the home of the victim when he got in a fight with one of her neighbors. He got out of jail later that day and asked the victim, who is identified in court records only as “Jane Doe,” if he could stay at her house overnight.

She agreed, but began having problems with her guest when she found him in her kitchen at 3 am. She said she told him to go back to sleep, but he said he had been waiting up for her.

She...

Drug, burglary bust in Gallup

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Following up on an alleged burglary early in the morning of Feb. 19, Gallup Police Department detectives and agents arrested Anthony Palacios, 44, and Faron Hildreth, 29, of Gallup.

The two allegedly burglarized a residence in Gallup. Further investigation led officers to the Redwood Lodge, Room #1, where police located a hoard of stolen property, including firearms, tools, and electronics. During the search, Narcotics Agents were called in after methamphetamine and heroin, packaged for distribution, were located in the room.

Palacios and Hildreth were booked on felony charges of burglary, larceny, criminal damage to property and conspiracy.

Further drug charges are pending for...

Law enforcement seeks tips for alleged Roswell murderer, kidnapper

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Law enforcement is looking to the public for tips more than a month after a Roswell man allegedly murdered his girlfriend and fled with their 3-year-old son.

An FBI reward of up to $10,000 is still active for information leading to the apprehension, arrest, and/or extradition of Jorge Ernesto Rico-Ruvira.

Rico-Ruvira, 32, is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of his girlfriend in Roswell on Jan. 7. He also allegedly fled with the couple’s 3-year-old son, Osciel Ernesto Rico. He was charged with first-degree murder in the Chaves County Magistrate Court, State of New Mexico, Roswell, and a state warrant was issued for his arrest on Jan. 8.

Rico-Ruvira may have...

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