Staff Reports

Despite first responders life saving measures, an unidentified man died Oct. 3 from stab wounds sustained during an alleged confrontation with another man near Second Street and Hill Avenue.

Gallup Police responded to the area near Octavia Fellin Public Library shortly before 1 pm and found the badly injured victim.




Officers were able to get a lead on the suspect with the assistance of witnesses.

Detectives were called to the scene and began interviewing witnesses and processing the scene for evidence.

Late Wednesday evening, Gallup Police arrested Gregory L. Long, 26, for an open count of murder. He was booked into the Gallup McKinley Adult Detention Center with...

ALBUQUERQUE — At around 7 pm Oct. 2, the New Mexico State Police investigated an incident in which a pedestrian was fatally struck by a train.

The initial investigation indicates that Gerald Paul Smith (62) of Albuquerque was trespassing on a restricted area of the rail road tracks near Commercial and Indian School when he was struck by a north bound Railrunner that had just left the downtown station.  Smith was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

It is unknown why Smith was on the tracks or whether alcohol was a factor in the incident. The investigation is ongoing with no additional information currently available.

Staff Reports

The dental assisting program at the University of New Mexico-Gallup is expanding to include additional evening and weekend options for students who are unable to commit to a traditional fulltime class schedule.

Beginning in the 2019 spring semester, the dental assisting program will pilot course offerings during evening hours which will let students take a slower approach to completing program requirements or allow for a skills refresher for those already employed in the dental field.

According to Gayle Woodcock, dental assisting program director, “Our regular certificate program requires one year of full-time study which doesn’t always work for every student. We are...

Staff Reports

WINDOW ROCK – The Navajo Nation hosted the third annual Navajo Nation Gold Star Mothers and Families Day event at the Window Rock Navajo Tribal Park and Veterans Memorial Sept. 30.

“As we come here together to ensure that our fallen warriors will never be forgotten, we also come to honor and recognize the sacrifices made by their families,” President Russell Begaye said. “Thank you to all of our Gold Star Mothers and our Gold Star Families.”

The Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President and the Navajo Hopi Honor Riders hosted the ceremony in Window Rock, Ariz. It was the third recognition event on the Navajo Nation. Before, families would...