Staff Reports
A semi-truck driver was declared dead after he rolled his truck while traveling eastbound on Interstate 40 Feb. 22.
New Mexico State Police investigated the crash that occurred at about 5:15 am, near mile marker 65, east of Prewitt. N.M.
The initial investigation revealed that the semi-truck was driven by...
Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World
Week ending Friday, February 18, 2022A Foot Higher
Sea level rise is accelerating along the U.S. coast and is expected to bring an additional hike of up to 12 inches by 2050, according to a new NOAA study. That will double the amount of sea level rise that has already occurred over the past century. Such a rise would threaten cities such as Miami, Boston and New York, where flooding is already occurring during the highest astronomical and storm-surge tides. While the amount of rise will vary from location to location, the new data is a blinking “code red” for the deepening climate emergency, said Gina McCarthy, NOAA’s National Climate Advisor.
Earthquakes
A strong...
Navajo author Farina King to share insight on new book
Rehoboth, N.M. – Rehoboth Christian School is hosting a book talk for the community by authorDr. Farina King at 7 pm March 3, at the Rehoboth High School.
King is a co-author and will be speaking about their most recent book entitled “Returning Home:
Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School.”
Returning Home examines Diné (Navajo) boarding school students at the Intermountain Indian
School, which at one time was the largest federal Indian boarding school. The school was located in Brigham City, UT, and in existence from 1950 to 1984.
Through creative works in art and poetry, the book shows how Diné students maintained their culture while living away from...
Traveler, five pets survive crash that claimed their companion
Two dogs go missing from the sceneBy Holly J. Wagner
Sun Correspondent
It was supposed to be the start of a new life. Instead, a tragic accident ended one life and forever changed another.
Roommates Jesse Root, 21, and Faith Corcoran, 18, set out from California Feb. 8 on a cross-country move. They had lived together on Root’s grandmother’s ranch until she sold it.
The pair were bound for Indiana, where they would move in with Root’s grandfather, who has dementia, to care for him. They packed Root’s 2001 Ford Expedition with their pets and whatever necessities they could fit, then set off to their new home Feb. 8.
Corcoran’s father was to follow a few days later...
WEEKLY DWI REPORT
Chancey MartinezFeb. 9, 12:53
Aggravated DWI
As the driver of a dark-colored Nissan truck neared the intersection of Midway Drive and Pittsburgh Loop, and was about to go to sleep in the middle of the intersection, a caller reported the scene to Metro Dispatch.
McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis was dispatched to the scene where he found the suspect vehicle. He walked up to the window and woke the driver, Chancey Martinez, 53, no address listed. As Martinez rolled down the window, Davis noted a strong smell of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle.
Martinez had trouble turning off the vehicle. He told Davis he consumed an unspecified amount of Bud Light prior to stepping...
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