Owner Mario Rayyes steps outside the Santa Fe Smokeshop in Grants Thursday afternoon. The Santa Fe Smokeshop is causing uproar among community members who do not think a head shop should be in Grants. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent] Full Story

Checkpoint: A driver hands over his driver's license to New Mexico State Police Officer Mark Fambrough during a DWI checkpoint on I-40 near the New Mexico Port of Entry on Wednesday night west of Gallup. In addition to citations and drunken drivers the New Mexico State Police apprehended 75 illegal immigrants in six passenger vehicles during the DWI checkpoint. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]