Gallup Sun

An unscheduled water outage that will affect residents and businesses along Coal Avenue that started at 4 am Dec. 18 will last until 3 pm.

City of Gallup water customers in the following areas will be affected: 901, 905, 907, 909, 911, 915 950, 1001, 1003, 1005, and 1009 Coal Ave.

The city's water department will be making repairs on to a broken water line. They will need to temporarily shut down water service while they complete the work. Once the work has been performed, the water service will be restored.

Surrounding areas may experience low water pressure.

For any questions, call Utility Dispatch at (505) 863-1200.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — During a regular meeting of the 25th Navajo Nation Council Naa'bik'iyati' Committee Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Task Force on Nov. 30, the committee heard an update on the New Mexico Indian Affairs Committee’s dismantling of the New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force.

Office of the Speaker, Legislative Staff Assistant Sonlatsa Jim presented an overview of the New Mexico Indian Affairs Committee report on New Mexico's recently dismantled MMIWR Task Force.

Jim attended a meeting with New Mexico Indian Affairs Department Cabinet Secretary Designee, James R. Mountain and Deputy Cabinet Secretary and General Counsel...

TWIN ARROWS, Ariz. — Members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council participated in the Diné Action Plan Advisory Group planning meetings Dec. 6-7, at the Twin Arrows Casino and Resort.

“The Diné Action Plan is a critical resource that incorporates the Diné traditional values and principles of Nitsahakees (thinking), Nahat'a, (planning), Iina (action), and Siihasin (reflection) to address public safety, violence, substance abuse, suicide, and missing and murdered Diné relatives on the Navajo Nation,” Speaker Crystalyne Curley (Tachee/Blue Gap, Many Farms, Nazlini, Tselani/Cottonwood, Low Mountain) said. “We need to use this tool to help navigate solutions to the impact areas...

Landowner faces scrutiny, debates over ongoing drug concerns

Local attorney David Jordan owns multiple properties around Gallup, specifically on Hill Avenue,  and he has recently come under fire after neighbors in the area expressed concern about people using drugs in the neighborhood.

The latest issue arose at the Nov. 28 city council meeting, where city staff recommended that the council approve the condemnation of 109 and 109B E. Hill Ave. Gallup’s Planning and Development Director C.B. Strain explained to the council that a Nov. 12, 2022 fire left the two properties unsafe, uninhabitable, and a threat to the public’s safety and welfare.

The fire reportedly destroyed the...