Gallup Sun

No safety citations leads to sparring between GMCS, PED

A state investigation found no reason to issue citations to the Gallup-McKinley County School District for allegations that it did not follow coronavirus safety protocols in its schools. The news was released to GMCS officials in a conference Feb. 22, but was not subsequently released to the press.

The recent development rebuffs the New Mexico American Teachers Federation, which attempted to halt hybrid instruction at GMCS starting Feb. 9 by asking the state’s Public Education Department to launch an investigation due to “dozens of reports from multiple school sites throughout the District” claiming a lack of...

There won’t be any big fireworks shows in McKinley County for Cinco de Mayo this year.

During the April 6 commissioners meeting, McKinley County Fire Chief Brian Archuleta told the commissioners about the severe drought situation in the county. The U.S. Drought Monitor is put out by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As of April 1, it showed McKinley County in the D3 and D4 intensity zones.

These intensity zones show areas where fire damage is extreme, irrigation allotments are decreased, vegetation and native trees are dying, federal...

GHOSTED

Jamestown, March 31

A woman was just trying to get gas when a man driving a Diamond Trucking Company truck assaulted her.

The woman from Jamestown called the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office on March 31 to report the assault. Deputy Timo Molina arrived at 28 Giant Crossing in Jamestown at 2:44 pm.

The victim explained that she had been pumping gas when a male driver approached her truck. She said that she had a feeling she knew why the man was coming toward her, because she’d had to back in to the pump to get gas, and the man may have thought she cut him off.

The victim locked her door, and the man proceeded to flip her off multiple times before punching the...

Marcus Pino

March 6, 7:44 pm

DWI (Second)

Two cars with heavy front-end damage greeted McKinley County Deputy Dewayne Holder when he was dispatched to the 27.5-mile marker of State Highway 602. Sgt. Shane Bennett arrived at the scene first and made contact with the vehicle, a dark-colored Oldsmobile Alero, that was stopped on the east side of the road. The Alero was traveling north when it was struck by a vehicle that was traveling south in the northbound lane.

The second vehicle, a black Chevy Spark, was parked in the middle of the road, also with extensive front-end damage. Holder met with the driver, Marcus Pino, 19, of Gallup, who admitted he had drunk “a gram” prior to...