Gallup Sun

Not a lot is known about the male found unresponsive outside of Big Cheese Pizza, 1516 E. Hwy. 66, Sept. 15.

Gallup Police were called to the scene at 8 am that day and were followed by emergency units. The male was deceased. His identity is unknown.

No foul play is suspected in this incident.

 

This table represents a seven-day period of Gallup Police Dept. incident calls September 8 - September 14

INCIDENT TYPE

NUMBER OF CALLS

INTOXICATED

305

WELFARE CHECK

241

TRAFFIC-RELATED

89

POLICE REQUEST

83

ALARM

50

DOMESTIC

50

LAW

46

ACCIDENTS

44

DISORDERLY SUBJECT

44

BATTERY

41

ROUTINE PATROL

39

LARCENY

23

All other calls including.

attempt to locate...

Rachel Livingston
Sept. 4, 3:24 pm
DWI (Second)

A black pickup truck pulled up near the spot where McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was stationed and informed him that a Ford bearing a temporary license plate had almost struck him while traveling north on Highway 602.

Willie traveled on the highway and found a tan Ford Contour which fit the description parked alongside the road. He pulled over and met with Rachel Livingston, 52, of Gallup. She showed signs of being intoxicated and told Willie she did not have her vehicle documents with her.

Livingston then sped off from the scene and Willie followed her, turning onto Catapia Canyon Road, where Livingston’s...

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, First Lady Phefelia Nez, and Second Lady Dottie Lizer joined Miss Navajo Nation 2019-2021 Shaandiin Parrish, as she crowned the 2021- 2022 Miss Navajo Nation, Niagara Rockbridge of Tselani/Cottonwood and Pinon communities, during a live virtual coronation ceremony at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. on Sept. 11.

Niagara Rockbridge is Kinyaa’áanii (Towering House), born for Hashk’ hadzohi (Yucca Fruit-Strung-Out-In-A-Line), her maternal grandparents are Naakai dine’é (Mexican Clan), and her paternal grandparents are Tó’áhani (Near the Water Clan). Her parents are Deborah and Gary Rockbridge.

“On behalf of the Navajo...

Week ending Friday, September 10, 2021

Solar Meltdown

Earth’s reliance on electronics could make the planet vulnerable to a global internet “meltdown” should a solar storm as powerful as the one that occurred in the pre-hi-tech year of 1859 knock out that technology. The Carrington Event of Sept. 1-2, 1859, caused serious damage to telegraph systems of the day. Speaking to “WIRED,” researcher Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi said that while local and regional fibre networks probably wouldn’t be badly affected by such a large-scale solar storm, she is concerned about the repeaters used to connect the world’s vast undersea cable system. Earlier studies have warned that other...