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Coal Avenue Commons ribbon-cutting only days away

Friday, 27 August 2021 07:45 By Molly Adamson Sun Correspondent

The wait is finally over: the City of Gallup will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Coal Avenue Commons Project on Aug. 24 at 10 am. The city began discussing the need for infrastructure improvements for Downtown Gallup in 2018, but the pandemic and weather delays slowed the process.

The city’s Planning and...

Break-in unearths a mystery

Friday, 27 August 2021 07:44 By Beth Blakeman Managing Editor

Only a few short weeks after the break-in and destruction at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region office in Gallup, the non-profit’s Executive Director Sarah Piano had her car broken into.

Piano said she was in her office on Aug. 13 when her car was vandalized.

Piano said a man showed up at her office window three times that day. She told him to leave and he told her the windows in her car were broken.

She was unable to call 911 at the time, because the phones were down.

In a conversation with the Sun, Piano said she believed the person at her window was responsible for the damage, and possibly the damage inside the office over the weekend of July 24, as well.

She knew...

Weekly Police Activity Report

Friday, 27 August 2021 07:43 Staff Reports

UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS

Thoreau, Aug. 1

A man who complained he was assaulted by a man selling sno-cones, may have been mistaken.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jerald Watchman was dispatched to the Speedway station at 92 Hwy. 371 in reference to a male who was assaulted.

Watchman met the apparent victim, Jefferson Jim, 64, of Thoreau who told him a man parked across the highway selling sno-cones and tamales had attacked him and pushed him down. Jim did have a mark on his cheek that lined up with an injury, and he stated no one was willing to help when he walked into the store to call law enforcement.

Watchman spoke with the man Jim said attacked him, Dennis James Jr., 39, of...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

Friday, 27 August 2021 07:42 Gallupsun Staff

By Staff Reporters

Edgar Shirley

Nov. 30, 2020, 7:45 pm

DWI (Second)

On his way to Del Taco, Edgar Shirley, 58, was pulled over for turning from the wrong lane without using a turn signal. McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie approached the driver and told him the reason for the stop and Shirley told him they were just hungry, according to sheriff’s reports. Shirley then told Willie that he had no license, insurance, or registration.

Willie saw an open can of Keystone in the cup holder and noticed Shirley had watery eyes and smelled of alcohol. He asked Shirley to step out of the vehicle.

“I can’t, I have a wheelchair,” Shirley told Willie. “I had my leg...

Tomicita Woodie accuses Zuni governor of multiple abuses of power

Friday, 27 August 2021 07:42 By Beth Blakeman Managing Editor

Gallup attorney David Jordan filed a suit against the Zuni Pueblo on behalf of Tomicita Woodie Aug. 9.

The complaint, which specifically mentions Zuni Gov. Val R. Panteah, alleges that Panteah engaged in multiple abuses of his authority as governor.

The allegations stem from a grievance that Woodie filed Jan. 12.

“I have been targeted by Governor Panteah for vicious retaliation because I filed a grievance against him,” Woodie said.

In her complaint, Woodie alleged that Panteah created a hostile work environment for her by threatening her job. The threats related to the Hazard Pay for employees of the Pueblo of Zuni.

Woodie was concerned that Panteah was pressuring her to...