GPD: Suspect at large

A lone suspect remained at large Aug. 18 after a stabbing near Camille’s Sidewalk Café at 306 S. Second St.

Gallup Police Department Captain Marinda Spencer said a call about the incident came into dispatch around 9 am that morning. The caller, who was a bystander, reported a stabbing by an unknown male.

Spencer said the victim, believed to be male, was transported to an area hospital, though she did not specify which one.

“We are still gathering details on the situation,” Spencer said. “The investigation is still open.”

An employee who answered the phone at Camille’s said she didn’t know much about the situation, but had heard about somebody...

OFFICIAL: DETAILS FORTHCOMING

By Bernie Dotson

Sun Correspondent

On Aug. 16, New Mexico State Police released the names of the four Gallup Police Department officers involved in a recent deadly shooting.

City police officers responded July 24 to a report involving a Native American male, identified as Alvin R. Sylversmythe, 30, who was threatening people with at least two knives at the Arnold Street public housing.

GPD officers were the first to respond to the scene.

The officers involved in the incident were: Justin Benally, a three-year departmental veteran; Clarissa Morgan, a five-year police veteran; Dominic Molina, a two-year city police employee; and Steven Peshlakai, a...

Adjustments include $115K for the Fox Run Golf Course

The Gallup City Council unanimously passed a slew of budget adjustments at its Aug. 9 regular meeting.

Jon DeYoung, assistant to the city manager, first introduced a matter pertaining to the Na’nizhoozi Center, Inc. detox facility. That was followed by a litany of adjustment requests. DeYoung noted that the detox adjustment was to cover the cost of utilities and building maintenance at the Boyd Avenue facility.

“The existing utility budget will be increased by $9,600 and an increase for building maintenance will be $36,000,” DeYoung explained.

Gallup Chief Finance Officer Patricia Holland later said the end result is...

Recycling, alcohol sales get thumbs up, too

Voters said yes Aug. 9 to a $5.3-million bond referendum that calls for street and road repairs or replacements at various locations throughout the city. On the same ballot were questions that dealt with curbside recycling and packaged liquor sales.

The Aug. 9 special preliminary municipal election included 47 questions about street and road repair, the bulk of which include mill and overlay to city streets, according to Public Works Executive Director Stan Henderson.

Top-priority streets include Hassler Valley Road ($2 million), Ciniza Drive in Indian Hills ($1.6 million), and West Jefferson Avenue on the north side ($632,500). According...