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Gov. Lujan Grisham announces $5.6 million of additional funding for low-income families with children

Tuesday, 05 October 2021 16:15 gallupsun

On Oct. 1 Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham announced a one-time cash payment of $446 will be issued to those families who were eligible for the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund. This one-time payment was issued on Oct. 2. Nearly 13,000 New Mexico families received the payment.

“This critical assistance will help nearly...

Missing teen

Friday, 01 October 2021 14:38 gallupsun

Joycelynn Miller was reported missing on 09/29/2021, she was last seen in the area of Ceder Hills Apartments at 7:45 in the morning.  She was last seen wearing all black clothing (T-shirt, Dickies pants and Vans shoes). She is 15 years of age, height 5'02", weight 120 pounds, brown eyes and red in color hair.
If you have any information on her whereabouts please contact Metro dispatch at (505) 722-2002 or Detective Rodriguez at (505) 863-1314.

Business crime has Chamber of Commerce brainstorming about law, policing

Friday, 01 October 2021 05:09 By Molly Ann Howell Sun Correspondent

The Gallup Chamber of Commerce hosted a public forum Sept. 21 to tackle some of the area’s thorniest issues concerning crime.

Chamber CEO Bill Lee kicked the meeting off, by telling attendees that he drove by Dynamic Signs and discovered a display announcing five break-ins in the past 30 days.

Many other businesses around Gallup are faced with the same problem Lee described.

He acknowledged the level of frustration, but advised against trying to catch criminals personally.

“We in no way support the vigilantes,” Lee commented. “People get hurt … do not take matters into your own hands. I guarantee you that only ends badly for you in the end.”

Instead, he suggested making...

Off-again, on-again ArtsCrawl is back on

Friday, 01 October 2021 05:09 By: Molly Ann Howell Sun Correspondent

For months now, the Business Improvement District board has been keeping an eye on the COVID-19 situation in McKinley County to see if an October return of ArtsCrawl would be safe. With the proposed October date less than a month away, the BID board spent a significant amount of time during their Sept. 16 meeting discussing whether or not the event should happen in October or if they should wait another month and hold it in November.

The board’s Executive Director Francis Bee was against scheduling the event for October. He described the New Mexico State Fair COVID-19 precautions to the board: in order to enter the State Fair, a person was required to show proof of vaccination at the...

Coal Avenue Commons project update

Friday, 01 October 2021 05:08 By Molly Ann Howell Sun Correspondent

Phase Two of the Coal Avenue Commons project is moving closer to becoming a reality.

During the Sept. 16 Business Improvement District board meeting, Gallup’s Assistant City Manager, JM DeYoung went over the project’s updates with the board. City Manager Maryann Ustick prepared updates for the meeting in an email.

Ustick said the state will pay for Phase Two of the project. The cost for Phase Two is estimated at $3.5 million.

“We are so excited that the state has come up with the full amount of funding for this project,” Ustick told the Sun.

The city staff is currently working with construction firm Wilson and Co. to get a fee proposal to do the necessary re-certifications...