Interstate:
I-40, mile marker 111.043 – 117.000, west of Laguna to Mesita
Mountain States Constructors, Inc. continues roadway reconstruction, ramp rehabilitation and bridge rehabilitation work. I-40 will be reduced to one lane from 7am-6pm. The contractor will complete minor work, to include seeding, permanent...
Grants Police seek 'Black Cap Bandit'
The FBI and Grants Police Department are seeking the public's assistance to identify the "Black Cap Bandit," who is responsible for a bank robbery that happened on June 7.At approximately 2:22 pm, an unknown man entered the Wells Fargo at 201 N. 1st St. in Grants. The suspect displayed a handgun and demanded money. The robber received an undisclosed amount of money and left the bank.
The suspect is described as a Native American man in his mid 20s, approximately 5' 7" to 5' 9", and approximately 160 pounds. He was wearing a black baseball cap with an unknown white logo on it, a black sweater, a light colored surgical mask, blue jeans, and black shoes.
The FBI is offering a reward of...
Gallup VA clinic swept up in national infrastructure overhaul
Opened in 2015; slated to close in 2026About 2,000 military veterans rely on Gallup’s VA clinic as their first point of contact for health care. They aren’t happy that the clinic is on the chopping block as part of a national effort to rebalance veterans’ health services and infrastructure.
New Mexico has eight VA community-based outpatient clinics. Four are slated for closure: Gallup, Las Vegas, Raton and Espanola. All together, they serve a little under 5,000 veterans.
Without the clinic, Gallup veterans who aren’t eligible for services from IHS will have to go to Albuquerque for primary care, Dave Cuellar, head of Veterans Helping Veterans, said. Many older veterans...
Council delays water rate hike vote
Gallup residents will have a little more time to comment on a pending water rate hike of 22.5 percent this year and again next year.On a 3-2 vote the City Council delayed approving the hike, which may yet take effect on July water bills, to get more community input. A date for reconsideration has not been set.
The city has kept rate increases more in line with cost of living since a fixed-amount increase approved in 2014, Chief Financial Officer Patty Holland said.
“It’s been, on average, about 4 to 5% per year and that is just not sufficient for the needs we have and current staffing levels that have changed and the needs of the department,” she said.
The city has been...
City holds the (power) line
The bad news is: electricity rates will go up in July. The good news is: just a little bit.The City Council approved a new rate schedule with a 1.89% bump May 24.
That amounts to about $1.26 a month for a customer using 400 kWh; had the old rate schedule remained in place, that bill would have increased by $6.39.
For those who use more power, a customer using 1140 kWh per month will pay an extra $3.12. For a general service small customer using 7980 kwh per month, the bill will go up $21.59; for a general service medium customer using 81,147 kwh per month, the increase would amount to $206 per month.
City Manager Maryann Ustick commended Electric Director John Wheeler for his...
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