Cibola County, N.M. - New Mexico State Police are investigating a fatal crash involving multiple vehicles that occurred Oct. 8 on Interstate 40 near milepost 111, east of Laguna, N.M.



The initial investigation indicated a 2019 Freightliner Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV), driven by Jose Rubalcaba, 28, of Harlingen, Texas, was traveling east on Interstate 40. The Freightliner approached a construction zone in the eastbound lane where traffic had slowed down. The Freightliner struck the rear end of a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup and pushed it forward into the rear end of another 2019 Freightliner CMV.



The passengers of the Dodge were both pronounced dead on scene by the Office of Medical...

A phone call came into Gallup Police Department Oct. 8 stating there was a male who was unresponsive outside Home Depot, 530 Kachina St.

Officers arrived at the scene near 4 pm and discovered the male, who was later determined deceased.

The identity of the male is Roger Teller, 62 of Chinle, Arizona. Gallup Police stated there is no suspected foul play.

A 53-year-old Gallup man was arrested and charged with trafficking methamphetamine Oct. 8 after Gallup Police narcotics agents, detectives, and officers served a search warrant at 405 McKee Dr.

The warrant was related to an investigation into the alleged trafficking of methamphetamine, a second-degree felony.

Mohammed F. Uweis was taken into custody for both the second-degree felony and a fourth-degree felony — possession of Fentanyl, as well as an outstanding bench warrant.

Uweis was booked into the McKinley County Adult Detention Center.

President Joseph R. Biden nominated Shelly Lowe to be the 12th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Shelly C. Lowe is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and grew up on the Navajo Reservation in Ganado, Ariz.. She is currently a member of the National Council on the Humanities, the 26-member advisory body to NEH, an appointment she received from President Barack H. Obama.

Lowe’s career in higher education has included roles as Executive Director of the Harvard University Native American Program, Assistant Dean in the Yale College Dean’s Office, and Director of the Native American Cultural Center at Yale University.

Prior to these positions, she spent six years as the...