$103K at stake for Gallup’s Octavia Fellin Public Library

Should a $10.1 million library bond matter go through on Nov. 8, public libraries around New Mexico would benefit in myriad ways, officials say.

Bond B, one of four state bonds on next week’s ballot, would impact public libraries, students from K-12, and construction projects at higher institutions of learning.

Gallup Library Director Mary Ellen Pellington said $103,181.80 is at stake for the Octavia Fellin Public Library and the city’s Children’s Branch. She is urging Gallupians to get out and vote.

“This helps in a tremendous and in a very positive way,” Pellington said. “We’re optimistic that this will...

County Attorney: Departments get fair share of IPRA requests

The McKinley County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an Inspection of Public Records operating policy that impacts the manner in which official information requests are handled.

The new policy was instituted via resolution at the Nov. 1 regular county commission meeting. Commissioner Genevieve Jackson did not attend the meeting.

“Prior to this method, the county was pretty much in line with what the state was doing,” McKinley County Attorney Doug Decker explained after the meeting.

Decker introduced the matter to commission members.

“Now, this is county policy,” he said.

Decker said practically every...

The Second Annual Four Corners Pet Alliance pet costume contest raised money for needy, rescued animals currently being raised in foster care. Below are some of the swanky contestants that braved the Rio West Mall’s catwalk Oct. 28.

Photos by Ana Hudgeons

By Bernie Dotson

Sun Correspondent

A drug overdose is apparently what killed a Gallup man found unresponsive Oct. 29 in an open field near Indian Hills, according to a police report.

Officer Ryan Blackgoat of the Gallup Police Department recorded in a police report that Erick Lee, 34, was lying face down when he arrived at an area in Indian Hills near Zia Drive.

“I could see that he was not breathing,” Blackgoat recorded. “I see the male subject laying there feet facing north, head facing south on the dirt ground.”

Blackgoat wrote that a female friend of Lee’s said the two were released from Gallup Detox earlier that day. Gruber said the two shot up “strips” of heroin...