McKinley County commissioners spent part of the Oct. 5 meeting considering how to help Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services deal with some of its financial issues.

The use of mill levy funds came up as a way to provide relief. A mill levy is a tax rate that is applied to an assessed value of a property.

In a previous interview with the Sun, McKinley County Attorney Doug Decker said the hospital had previously used the tax money they received for operational costs, maintenance, and repair.

Now the hospital administration has asked if the funds can be used to help with payroll.

The commissioners approved the requested change with the stipulation that the hospital would...

Man is arrested after three-vehicle crash

A Gallup man has been charged with vehicular homicide after he crashed into two other cars while driving drunk.

Gallup Police Officer Christopher Dawes was called to 100 Mendoza Rd. about a three-car crash with possible injuries on Sept. 29 a little after 2:30 in the afternoon.

He met with a man who was involved in the crash, who stated that a black Hyundai was trying to turn onto Horse Find Road when it was hit by a red Jeep that he estimated to have been traveling about 75 miles an hour. The Jeep rear-ended the Hyundai, which caused it to hit the a truck.

The man from the Hyundai said that he went to confront the man in the red Jeep, and...

A man on the fourth floor of SpringHill Suites, 1105 W. Lincoln Ave., was made to feel unwelcome after he flashed a machete and made a threat. The incident was called in and Gallup Police Officer Christopher Dawes arrived to find the man running across the intersection of U.S. Highway 491 and West Maloney Avenue.

The man wasn’t alone. He was being followed by other officers. Dawes parked his vehicle ahead of the man, who began running down the nearby hill. Dawes joined the chase and yelled for the man, later identified as Eric Jose, 40, of Ramah, to stop. Jose did not respond.

It wasn’t until officers brandished their tasers, that Jose finally stopped and got down on the...

NOT JUST MOTEL TOWELS
Gallup, Aug. 4

Security at the Howard Johnson at 2915 W. Hwy. 66 saw a female guest drive a vehicle up to the door of her room and park while two males moved a portable air conditioner from the motel into the car.

When asked what they were doing, the driver took off westbound on Highway 66. There was no further contact with the vehicle.

Twenty-one-year-old Sharon Whitehorn of Albuquerque was the registered guest.

The incident was reported to Gallup Police Officer Iris Martinez

A summons for larceny was filed for Whitehorn in the Gallup Municipal Court. The air conditioner had an estimated value of $475.

 



BANK ROBBERY BY APP
Gallup, Aug. 5

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