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Gallup man sentenced to 10 years for federal meth trafficking conviction

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Diaz prosecuted as part of “worst of the worst” anti-violence initiative

ALBUQUERQUE – Dexter Diaz, 32, of Gallup, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque on Oct. 11 to 120 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge.

Diaz will be on supervised release for five...

IS HOOP HERO’S JOB ON THE LINE?

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A mystery surrounds the Gallup High School athletic department.

A high-profile coach is no longer the head coach of the Lady Bengals’ basketball team, and the program – one of New Mexico’s most successful – stands at a crossroads, with only Superintendent Frank Chiapetti privy to the direction in which the situation is headed. And he’s keeping answers about the matter guarded.

“It’s a personnel matter,” Chiapetti said through a school-district phone receptionist Oct. 4, when the Sun asked for clarification on the matter. “You’ll have to submit a formal request to the school district’s attorney to get a copy of the letter.”

The Sun submitted a request for the...

Gallup Council accepts land deed

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Matter related to Allison Crossing

The Gallup City Council unanimously accepted a quitclaim deed from Gallup Land Partners, LLC, at an Oct. 4 special meeting at Gallup City Hall. The deed is connected to a 1.2-acre property donated to the city by GLP for the new alignment of Allison Road and the soon-to-be-constructed Allison Road bridge and I-40 interchange.

City Attorney George Kozeliski introduced the matter to council members. The meeting lasted about seven minutes and was called specifically to deal with the deed component.

No one on the panel spoke about the matter aside from Kozeliski and Mayor Jackie McKinney, and there were no members of the general public in...

McKinley County recognized by New Mexico Association of Energy Engineers

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Project: $2M estimated in energy-cost savings for county

The McKinley County Board of Commissioners recently received an award from the New Mexico Association of Energy Engineers for the Large Energy Project of the year, officials announced at the Oct. 4 regular commission meeting.

The award recognizes an innovative energy management project that has been in operation for at least six months and can be substantiated with actual installation costs and operating savings.

McKinley County Attorney Doug Decker said the matter stems from a contract between McKinley County and Energy Control Inc. of Rio Rancho for the installation of energy-efficient upgrades at various local...

McKinley’s jobless rate down, but still high at 9.8 percent

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McKinley still carries second highest jobless rate

New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in August, up from 6.4 percent in July and 6.5 percent a year ago, according to information from the state Department of Work Force Solutions.

In McKinley County, the unemployment rate for August was 9.8 percent, down from a 10.4 percent rate in July 2016. In neighboring Cibola County, about an hour east of McKinley County, the unemployment rate for August 2016 was 9.1 percent, a slight decrease from a 9.2 percent July rate.

At 9.8 percent, McKinley County has the second highest unemployment rate in New Mexico, and has seen a high unemployment rate for most of the...

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