Login

Gallup Sun

Friday, Mar 29th

Last update12:57:39 AM GMT

You are here: News

News

Weekly Crime Blotter

E-mail Print PDF
HANGING AROUND THE SCENE

1/16, GALLUP

A woman kicking back in her apartment watching some TV was startled when she heard knocking on her door. Wondering who could be calling on her at 6:30 pm, she turned off the tube and walked to her bedroom window. When she peeked out, she saw Gilbert Valdez, who was a perfect...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

E-mail Print PDF
The legal limit is .08

Rendell Benally

Dec. 30, 11:11 pm

Aggravated DWI

As McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Merlin Benally was working the DWI Task Force, heading south on N.M. 566, he came upon Rendell Benally, who crossed the white edgeline in his Dodge Durango, by about a foot, near the 2.5 mile marker.

Deputy Benally conducted a traffic stop on Rendell Benally, 32, who quickly apologized for his driving. The deputy could smell the odor of “intoxicating beverage” coming from the vehicle, and noted that Rendell Benally had bloodshot, watery eyes, and slurred his words.

He took the field sobriety tests and failed. Deputy Benally then conducted a search of...

Woman found on westside ID’d

E-mail Print PDF
The body of the deceased white female found about 100 yards west of the TA truck stop along West Historic Highway 66 has been identified, officials said. The body was discovered Jan. 11 at about 7:30 am by a passerby who notified police of the matter.

Capt. Marinda Spencer, public information officer with the Gallup Police Department, said the name of the female is Christine English, 40, of Yucaipa, Calif.

The cause of death has been recorded as undetermined, Spencer said, but a Facebook poster who left a message on the Gallup Sun website said the deceased was her daughter who was killed as the result of a hit-and-run.

A woman identifying herself as Earline Garrison Anderson asserted...

Gallup High football awards MVP

E-mail Print PDF

Gallup High Coach Joshua Olsen (right) shakes Isiah Mike-DuBois hand before handing him the  team’s most valuable player award during Gallup High’s football banquet Jan. 12. Photo Credit: Ryan Hudgeons

President Begaye: 'The fight has just begun'

E-mail Print PDF
Nation not backing down against EPA's attempt to thwart mine spill lawsuits

By Babette Herrmann

Sun Editor


WINDOW ROCK – Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye said Friday that he expected Environmental Protection Agency officials to take measures to block lawsuit attempts against the agency for the Gold King Mine spill disaster of 2015.

The Navajo Nation asserts in a federal lawsuit that the spill contaminated reservation water sources and hurt farmers' bottom lines. They also criticized the agency for being slow to respond to the Nation's needs at the time.

The EPA Denver office stated in news release earlier today that an independent claims officer within the agency, said...

Page 976 of 1193