Here is a copy of the letter sent the Lea County Manager Mike Gallagher from the N.M. Department of Health secretary. The letter, delivered by email on Saturday and by N.M. State Police on Monday, threatens the county manager with legal action over Gallagher’s video on Facebook last week. Click here for the LETTER Gallagher’s last week video clarified to …

A traffic stop last week by a Lea County Sheriff’s deputy turned into a drug bust of more than $28,000. In a release by the Lea County Drug Task Force, on Thursday, Jan. 17 a sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle on NM Highway 18 for a suspension of registration. The stop ended with the arrest of Rafael Medina III, …