Navajo Nation Tasked With Homicide Statistics
Malcolm Brenner reports on Patton's unit crunching numbers for the Navajo Nation Council special session starting today. Read about how homicide and other violence patterns emerge, with focus on dangers in specific times and settings as researchers analyze January through April data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiprock
Department of Law. Enforcement
Ani
Patton
Navajo Nation Council
Gallup Considers National High School Finals Rodeo Site
Gallup city council weighs NHSFR as a permanent event site starting in 2000. Mayor George Galonie says the city may spend 1 million to attract the rodeo while officials from Gillette and Pueblo note NHSFR brings 25 to 31 million to communities.
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Gallup
George Galonie
Jay Vigne Hiane
Ood Rock Stata
Gillette
Vidal
Council
Galanis
Frus
Volunteers needed in Zuni health study
Malcolm Brenner reports on the Zuni Diabetes Prevention Program funded by 25 000 dollars from the National Institutes of Health. Cooeyate seeks volunteers to study why diabetes cripples 2000 Zunis and other Native groups, aiming to enroll 100 volunteers. The project explores genetics diet lifestyle and water quality as factors in high diabetes risk among American Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ZUNI
Copeyate
Yma
Mobile
St of the
Black Rock
Institutes of Health
Propsant
Cooeyate
Zunis
Iin
Digbe
Shiprock
Gila River
Salt River
Pima
Maricopa
Tourism downturn hits northern Arizona hotels hard
Northern Arizona and nearby regions face a summer tourism slump with hotel occupancy down 10 to 25 percent. Williams and Flagstaff report sharp declines, while Durango and southern Utah see slower starts. Local leaders cite Grand Canyon publicity and a strong dollar drawing travelers elsewhere. A $50,000 tourism ad blitz aims to draw Phoenix-area visitors back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quality Inn
Bublitz
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
Williams
Grand Canyon ‘National Park
Chuck Brookbank
Clayton Porter
Flagstaff Innkeepers Association
Jane’ Zimmerman
Durango-area
Chamber Resort
Durango
Silverton
Zimmerman
Steve Puro
King County
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Puro
Marilee Fowler
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon National Park
Las Vegas
Canyon
Métco
Grand Canyon
U.S
Fowler
Tuba City Dump Closure Debate Turns On Costs and Plans
The Hopi Tribe seeks full land use with clean closure for the Tuba City dump while the BIA faces funding gaps. Estimates range from 1.15 to 3.4 million dollars, with 500 thousand allocated and ground water and waste characterization studies requested under a 638 contract.
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Kathy Helms
BIA
Iina
Protection ‘Agency
Tina
Iinaba
Osure
Ments
Fina
Moencopi
Navajo Nation
Tuba City
EPA
Indian Affairs
Ada E. Deer
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Oak Creek
Slide Rock State Park
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