Gallup Sun

RACING DOWN THE HIGHWAY

Seventh DWI; Released on own recognizance



Gallup, May 8

A state police officer pulled over a man from Tempe, Ariz. after she saw him racing with another car down a Gallup highway.

On May 8 around 1:51 am New Mexico State Police Officer Rachel Hall saw a black Ford Mustang with Arizona plates racing a white car on State Road 118 in Gallup going eastbound near Mile-Marker 22.

According to the court report, the Mustang was going 78 mph in a 25 mph zone.

When Hall pulled the car over she met the driver Jason Allen McCabe, 42, of Tempe, Ariz. She could smell alcohol and noticed he had bloodshot watery eyes and slurred speech. When she asked him to get out...

Reynaldo Bowman

Oct. 10, 2020, 2:38 am

Aggravated DWI (Third)

A man asleep at the wheel of a silver Dodge Charger awoke to find himself near the 15-mile marker of Highway 118 with McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. at his side.

Davis was dispatched to the area around 2:38 am on Oct. 10, 2020. He found the car in the middle of the road with its engine on, lights off and the man who was later identified as Reynaldo Bowman, 37, no address listed, passed out at the wheel.

Davis tried waking Bowman and saw several open alcoholic drinks in the center console.  The vehicle moved forward shortly before it stopped and the driver stepped out. Davis said Bowman swayed and fell...

PART THREE: Federal funding, oversight gaps left tribes a century behind

An expansive and complex federal government bureaucracy has shorted Native Americans on basic provisions for their welfare for more than a century.

Seven federal agencies have programs to lay pipes or fund construction for tribal communities: the Indian Health Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.

According to the Government Accountability Office, confusion among the...

The City of Gallup will be working in the area of Second Street on a temporary sidewalk repair, on the east side of the street.

Repairs will take place on the stretch of Highway 602 South Second Street between Logan Avenue and Green Avenue from June 2-4.

The city asks residents to be aware, reduce speed, and obey all posted traffic signs.

For more information, please contact the City of Gallup Public Works Department at 505-863-1290.