Gallup Sun

The New Mexico Department of Transportation has launched an ENDWI  Fall /Winter “My Story” driver-safety campaign to focus on the consequences of drunk and distracted driving.

Richard Kuhn, owner, and executive director of Albuquerque-based RK Venture,  created the media campaign, which runs across the state of New Mexico, and will be seen in Gallup.

The current campaign uses the acronym DWI exclusively,

“Out here we call it DWI, not DUI,” Kuhn said. ”The drive here is to end DWI.”

With recreational marijuana use legal in the state as of June 29, Gallup Police Department Capt. Erin Toadlena-Pablo said DWI has a broader definition.

“When you talk about driving...

Gallup Police are still seeking 27-year-old Amber Yazzie as a person of interest in the shooting death of 50-year-old Russell Shack of Gallup on Dec. 3.

GPD Captain Erin Toadlena-Pablo told the Sun Dec. 8 that despite receiving a number of tips about Yazzie’s whereabouts and making several trips to reservation locations, Yazzie has not been spotted.

The Dec. 3 shooting took place near the 1400 block of Elva Drive around 10:09 am.

Yazzie is described as 5’2” tall, weighing approximately 138 pounds with a tattoo on her face.

Anyone with information in reference to this incident is asked to contact Metro Dispatch at (505) 722-2002 and/or Crimestoppers at (877) 722-6161.

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Gallup Police are still looking for a new model silver four-door passenger car with a sun roof, chrome rims, and a black car-bra on the front bumper that left C and R Insurance at 1365 N. U. S. Hwy. 491 on Dec. 4 traveling north at a high rate of speed.

In the car were three suspects in an armed robbery. Two males and one female are being sought. One of the males was wearing a beanie, either gray or green, a black handkerchief, black long-sleeved shirt, and black pants. The second was said to be wearing a red handkerchief, black jacket, and white pants.

The female of the trio was wearing a black beanie, black handkerchief, black pullover with the letters “FB” in white on the...

The Albuquerque FBI Division wants to remind holiday shoppers to be wary of online criminals who will be working overtime to steal their money and personal information.

“The holidays are a busy time for shoppers, and unfortunately, also for thieves,” Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda said. “A lot of problems probably could be avoided if people remembered an important rule: If a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.”

New Mexicans lost almost $31 million to online scams in 2020.

The two most prevalent of these holiday scams are non-delivery and non-payment crimes.

In a non-delivery scam, a buyer pays for goods or services they find online, but those items are...