The City of Gallup Street Department will start milling and paving operations July 23 at Hospital Drive from Red Rock Drive to the edge of the concrete.

The Public Works Department will post "Road Closed" and "Detour" signs and requests that motorists seek alternate routes, reduce their speed, and avoid parking on the street.

Plan extra time for trips through this area.

This project is expected to conclude on July 30th, but may be delayed due to weather.

The FBI and local law enforcement are working together seeking an unidentified man who robbed banks in Moriarty and Tijeras on the morning of July 19 and likely robbed another bank in Moriarty last week.

The first robbery on July 19 took place at the U.S. Bank, located at 1401 U.S. Route 66, in Moriarty, at approximately 9:27 am.

The suspect was described as an Hispanic male, 5'6”-5'8” tall. He wore a blue NASA baseball cap with a light-colored brim, long-sleeved green shirt, light-colored pants, and a dark bandana over the lower half of his face.

The suspect entered the bank and handed a demand note to a teller.

The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money to the...

N.M. included in federal infrastructure campaign

OHKAY OWINGEH, N.M.—During a tour of Ohkay Owingeh with Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., on July 7, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $1.6 million grant and a $610,000 loan to build a wastewater treatment plant on Pueblo lands in Rio Arriba County.

This project is designed to help expand water treatment from 235,000 to 350,000 gallons per day and extend services to Pueblo residents who are not currently connected. These improvements are expected to benefit 1,143 residents.

Leger Fernandez expressed her support of the plan in comments about the needs faced by Tribal nations and people in the Southwest.

“The COVID pandemic...

Ground game for fighting wildfires

More than 1.4 million acres of land have burned across the U.S. due to wildfires in the 2021 wildfire season.

Twenty-seven wildfires have scorched lands in Ariz. and eight wildfires burned across N.M. in recent weeks. Wildfire seasons are typically between May and October, although recent fire seasons have stretched into December.

Sandra Moore, Fire Communications Specialist for the U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Region, told the Sun there are 12 fires currently burning in Arizona.

“This has been a busy year, extremely busy for the past three weeks,” she said.

In the Southwest area, the U.S. Forest Service reported 165 human-caused fires...