Gallup Sun

Around 6:30 pm on Dec. 30, Gallup police officers in the area of the El Rancho Hotel heard the sound of numerous gunshots.

They saw a man reloading a firearm and ordered him onto the ground, where he was handcuffed. They determined that he had been shot in his right torso and they began rendering medical aid.

On further investigation, they determined the man they handcuffed had been firing at two people in the parking lot of the hotel.

Those two people were also armed and returned fire.

Before officers could determine their involvement, the two entered a white newer-model extended cab Toyota Tundra and fled the scene.

The man who was shot in the torso was taken to a local hospital in...

Leaders focus on solutions

A brainstorming group meeting to improve the quality of life in Downtown Gallup, has been gathering every couple of weeks since October to address some of the city’s more stubborn challenges.

Francis Bee, executive director of the Gallup Business Improvement District is one member of the group.

He talked to the Gallup Sun, Dec. 15 about Gallup’s downtown struggles with the numerous people who visit to do business and find themselves unable to get home.

“We don’t have enough police to accommodate the 20,000 to 30,000 people who come here to do their shopping,” he said.

“Our downtown is very small,” he pointed out. “So if you have half a...

The New Mexico Prison & Jail Project announced its intention to sue the New Mexico Corrections Department for alleged violations of the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act on the same day it launched, Dec. 10.

NMP&J Project was created to provide more lawyers to help the state’s prison population.

The group’s first piece of litigation alleges the corrections department failed to follow IPRA, and asks for previously requested records, which include documentation on whether the agency made policy changes in determining what constitutes an exemption to public records. NMP&JP also wants $100 per day in damages from the day the nonprofit asked for the records until the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the advice of the Attending Physician of the U.S. Congress, Congressman Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., the U.S. House Assistant Speaker, received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

“This week I was pleased to see that health care workers were the first to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in our state. As the first New Mexicans [to] receive the coronavirus vaccine, I have a responsibility to lead by example and show my constituents that this vaccine is safe and effective. There is nothing to fear about getting vaccinated to protect yourself from this deadly disease,” Luján said. “However, vaccination is only one tool in our kit to combat the COVID-19...