Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has proclaimed May 31st, Memorial Day. Here is her official statement.
Saving Superman
Transportation funding project to help improve Superman Canyon Road
If Rodney Skersick has anything to do with it, pretty soon McKinley County citizens will no longer have to deal with Superman Canyon Road closing any time it rains.
During the May 18 McKinley County Commissioners meeting, Skersick, the county’s road maintenance supervisor, asked commissioners if he could apply for the Transportation Funding project that the New Mexico Department of Transportation provides once a year.
In an interview with the Sun, Skersick said that he hopes to get $2 million from the state, and that the money will go toward improving Superman Canyon Road.
“[… This] is a pretty major road going...
If Rodney Skersick has anything to do with it, pretty soon McKinley County citizens will no longer have to deal with Superman Canyon Road closing any time it rains.
During the May 18 McKinley County Commissioners meeting, Skersick, the county’s road maintenance supervisor, asked commissioners if he could apply for the Transportation Funding project that the New Mexico Department of Transportation provides once a year.
In an interview with the Sun, Skersick said that he hopes to get $2 million from the state, and that the money will go toward improving Superman Canyon Road.
“[… This] is a pretty major road going...
Patients notified of data security breach at RMCH
Patients of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services are being notified that some of their private information may have been compromised. Not all patients of the hospital are affected.In late January former HIPAA officer Dr. Phyllis Miller expressed her concerns about private information from RMCHCS appearing on the dark web.
Only weeks later, on Feb. 16, RMCHCS reported that certain patient information may have been removed from its computer network as a result of potential unauthorized activity it had been investigating.
The hospital said it hired a third-party forensic firm to investigate and help with remediation.
The investigation determined that an unauthorized party...
WildThing set to return after year off
Event will bring excitement, support IT’S known forWhen a city or community event is canceled, the ripple effect can be felt beyond just the people organizing the event or those planning to attend. Sponsors, partners, and beneficiaries can feel the pinch, too. Multiple groups depend on an event to give them a boost during the year.
Many staple Gallup events had to be canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One such event was WildThing Championship Bullriding, usually held in July at Red Rock Park.
But with the COVID numbers improving with the rollouts of vaccines, several events have been given the green light by the Gallup City Council, provided they follow state safety...
Weekly Police Activity Report
RACING DOWN THE HIGHWAYSeventh DWI; Released on own recognizance
Gallup, May 8
A state police officer pulled over a man from Tempe, Ariz. after she saw him racing with another car down a Gallup highway.
On May 8 around 1:51 am New Mexico State Police Officer Rachel Hall saw a black Ford Mustang with Arizona plates racing a white car on State Road 118 in Gallup going eastbound near Mile-Marker 22.
According to the court report, the Mustang was going 78 mph in a 25 mph zone.
When Hall pulled the car over she met the driver Jason Allen McCabe, 42, of Tempe, Ariz. She could smell alcohol and noticed he had bloodshot watery eyes and slurred speech. When she asked him to get out...
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