City leaves utilities turned on

The lights are on, and there are periodic veteran’s club activities, but there really isn’t much else happening at the Ford Canyon Senior Center these days.

Gallup Assistant City Manager Jon DeYoung responded to questions put to the city about the closing of the Ford Canyon Senior Center located on Buena Vista Avenue.

“(The Ford Canyon Senior Center) was temporarily closed on Nov. 1 to finish the construction of the parking lot,” DeYoung explained. “After the completion of the parking lot, we were not able to fill a few critical senior center positions to enable the city to provide the service level required by the state Non-Metro Area Agency...

ALBUQUERQUE – , 44, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Tohatchi, N.M., plead guilty Tuesday in federal court in Albuquerque, to a second degree murder charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Hale will be sentenced within the range of 180 to 240 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.



Hale was arrested on Feb. 23, 2016, by the FBI on a criminal complaint alleging that he murdered a Navajo woman on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County, N.M. According to the complaint, on Feb. 20, 2016, Hale struck the victim in the head and fled from the scene of the crime, the victim’s home in...

Gallup Police Department was dispatched to the Allison Road near Maloney Avenue Saturday morning, near the I-40 overpass, in response to a deceased male.

GPD Public Information Officer Capt. Marinda Spencer said they received the call shortly before 10 am, and that the man had no identification on his body. He's believed to be Native American, between 40-50 years of age. She said he's about 6 feet tall and weighs between 200-230 pounds.

Foul play isn't suspected at this time, but Spencer said the Office of the Medical Investigator is working the case.

"Hopefully (OMI) can run some fingerprints and we can get his identification," she said.

Gallup Police Department was dispatched to the Allison Road near Maloney Avenue Saturday morning, near the I-40 overpass, in response to a deceased male.

GPD Public Information Officer Capt. Marinda Spencer said they received the call shortly before 10 am, and that the man had no identification on his body. He's believed to be Native American, between 40-50 years of age. She said he's about 6 feet tall and weighs between 200-230 pounds.

Foul play isn't suspected at this time, but Spencer said the Office of the Medical Investigator is working the case.

"Hopefully (OMI) can run some fingerprints and we can get his identification," she said.