Gallup Sun

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Public Education Department is moving forward with plans to ensure that all schools in the state operate on a minimum of 180 instructional days beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.  Revisions reflect feedback received during the public comment period that best supports students, families, educators, and communities. The final rule will include:

Four-day school week calendars: The revisions to the proposed rule allow for four-day school week calendars.Exemptions for early college high schools: Early college high schools will be exempt from the minimum 180 instructional day requirement.Exemptions for school districts and charter schools with growth in...

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 159, creating a nearly $1 billion trust fund and a scholarship program fund to ensure tuition-free college in New Mexico for decades to come, the week of March 5.

“By creating this fund, New Mexico is keeping our original promise of tuition-free college for residents and cementing our status as the nation’s leader for college equity and access," Lujan Grisham said. “Our monumental investments from early childhood education to college and career are already making a life-changing difference for tens of thousands of New Mexicans and setting the example for every other state.”

With the establishment of the Early...

A Newcomb man has plead guilty in federal court to involuntary manslaughter in connection with a 2021 incident in which a man was stabbed to death.

According to court documents, Leighton Spencer, 31, was drinking at his residence with another man when the victim began fighting with his girlfriend. Then Spencer, a member of the Navajo Nation, and the victim got into an argument that soon became physical. At some point after that, the victim pulled out a knife and stabbed Spencer in the forearm multiple times.

Spencer then took the knife from him and stabbed the victim. A stab wound to the neck damaged a vein and artery which caused the victim to bleed to death.

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An officer was called to the I Knead Sugar Bakery on Feb. 25 around 8 pm after someone called Metro Dispatch about a domestic dispute in which a woman, who was identified as Thomasina Long, stabbed her fiancé after an argument.

When Gallup Police Officer Kyle Delgai arrived at the scene, he met with another officer who said Long, 37, left the area heading south on Aztec Avenue. She was allegedly wearing a sweatshirt and blue pants.

Delgai searched the area, including a ditch on the west side of the bakery. He couldn’t find Long, so he headed back to the business to interview the victim.

Medical staff was treating the victim, but he was able to speak to Delgai. He explained that he...