{"id":48519,"date":"2026-02-03T14:20:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=48519"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:20:41","slug":"nm-news-desert-grows-with-closure-of-longtime-gallup-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/nm-news-desert-grows-with-closure-of-longtime-gallup-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"NM news desert grows with closure of longtime Gallup newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#8080801f\"><em><strong>This <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/briefs\/nm-news-desert-grows-with-closure-of-longtime-gallup-newspaper\/\">story<\/a> was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/\">Source New Mexico<\/a>, a NMPBS partner.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper.jpg\" alt=\"Front page of a newspaper announces that &quot;The Independent&quot; is folding after 62 years, with a photo of the newspaper's building and related headlines about its closure.\" class=\"wp-image-48522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Last-Gallup-Independent-Paper-48x27.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> The Gallup Independent printed its final Jan. 31, 2026 after 62 years as the area\u2019s only newspaper publishing multiple times a week. (Photo courtesy Carol Sarath)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gallup Independent, the longtime newspaper serving a town of 20,000 on the border of the Navajo Nation, published its final issue Saturday due in part to what publisher Bob Zollinger described as an economic \u201ccollapse\u201d in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zollinger and his father John ran the paper for the last 62 years. The print-only publication peaked at a circulation of 18,000 issues in 2006. Its last run Saturday was a little under 5,000, according to an article in its final issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the article, factors that contributed to the paper\u2019s closure include the rise of social media, the COVID-19 pandemic, tariff impacts on newsprint and a sharp decrease in advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zollinger added another possible reason in a phone interview Sunday with Source New Mexico: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitco.com\/charts\/silver?OMGWTFFF&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22128024195&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADsHY887XNYCEB5UbwQe4-kTVcV1K&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAs4HMBhBJEiwACrfNZYJ329jaDBiqHvzSEBWR-l0okFOMvDfAuSuiWdU-P5h1q-Tf4mYq-RoCISYQAvD_BwE\">rising cost of silver<\/a>, a key commodity in a town that runs on Native American jewelry, has stalled the local economy. But he said the sudden downturn still remains a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrice of silver, price of cars. You can speculate all you want,\u201d Zollinger said. \u201cThe bottom line is, something happened and the bottom fell out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paper published four times a week and had an op-ed page, plus coverage of local government, schools, health care and high school sports. Its departure leaves the area with only a weekly newspaper, the Gallup Sun, and a monthly human interest magazine, along with local radio stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zollinger said one story he feels proud of after decades at the Independent came in 2010, when an old booking record for then-mayor Harry Mendoza resurfaced showing his alleged involvement in a sexual assault as a teenager. The paper published the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly afterward, Zollinger and the mayor encountered each other at a bank parking lot and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/reporting-editing\/2010\/gallup-independent-publisher-mayor-get-into-fistfight-in-bank-parking-lot\/\">got into a fistfight<\/a>. A subsequent issue featured a front-page photo of Zollinger showing his bloodied bottom lip. Mendoza denied the sexual assault allegations and sued the paper for libel, though the paper later won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of an industrial workshop with workstations, blue cabinets, tools, and various equipment scattered across tables and shelves. A sign reads &quot;Independent&quot; at the far end.\" class=\"wp-image-48523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press-48x27.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gallup-Independent-Printing-Press.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Gallup Independent\u2019s printing press pictured Jan. 30, 2026, ahead of its final run. (Photo courtesy Richard Reyes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was a big win for us. We just said we\u2019re not gonna bend over or apologize. We\u2019re just gonna go to the mat,\u201d Zollinger said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Independent\u2019s closure comes amid a worsening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmnewsmap.org\/\">news landscape in New Mexico<\/a>, particularly in <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2025\/11\/28\/researchers-map-new-mexicos-news-deserts\/\">rural areas and among Indigenous communities<\/a>. A recent report from the New Mexico Local News Fund found that nearly half of the state\u2019s local news outlets are concentrated in four metropolitan areas. Outside Albuquerque\/Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and Farmington, news outlets are \u201coverwhelmingly small and under-resourced,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zollinger said he has discussed the paper\u2019s closure with Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, who floated the possibility of the tribe buying the newspaper. Zollinger said he urged Nygren to ensure the paper maintains its editorial independence if such a sale occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, Zollinger fears upcoming meetings of the school board, city council, hospital board of directors or county commission won\u2019t have a single reporter in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have deep fears about what\u2019s going to go on now,\u201d he said, \u201cwith the Independent not looking over things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/\">Source New Mexico<\/a>, a NMPBS partner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. 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