Navajo Chairman's Wife Questions Jury Age in Big Boquillas Case
Wanda MacDonald, wife of suspended Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald, protests the juror pool's youth as four women and one man under 30 are chosen amid six days of screening in the Big Boquillas Ranch fraud case. She defends her husband while criticizing congressional leaders and Arizona politicians.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Peter MacDonald
Wanda MacDonald
Peter
Rocky
MacDonald Jr
Big Boquil
Arizona
Washington
United States
John McCain
Dennis DeConcini
Senate
DeConcini
FBI
Charles Keating
Keating
Lincoln
Boos
Long
MacDonald
Navajo leader MacDonald urged to quit amid division
Barton Lee Eastern Bureau reports former Navajo vice chairman Skeet Skeet defends Peter MacDonald, saying he should quit to heal the community though he acknowledges charges hurt him. Skeet, a rancher born near Gallup, recalls his Navajo roots and education at New Mexico State University.
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Lee Eastern Bureau
Breadsprings
Peter ~MacDonald
Wilson
Skeet
MacDonald
Skeat
Rtesdepeingn
Gallup
Wif
New Mexico State
University
Navajo Leaders Press Federal Officials in Albuquerque Meeting
President elect Zach and Vice President elect Plummer met two hours with U S Interior officials and Governor elect King to press Navajo projects. They discussed BIA realignment, water rights, irrigation, and housing funding, urging a Washington task force and higher Indian highway budgets. The group sought continued Navajo irrigation and disputed costs in a $14 million appropriation while addressing Supreme Court jurisdiction and energy concerns.
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Albuquerque
Peterson Zach
Marshall Plummer
U.S
Manuel Lujan Jr
Eddie Brown
Zach
Plummer
New Mexico
Bruce King
New
Mexico
Arizona
Utah
King
Lujan
Brown
Zah
Navajo Nation Council
U.S. Supreme Court
Navajo bootleg sting nets 13 arrests in Chinle and Tuba City
Navajo police and Hopi help conduct a bootleg liquor sting in Chinle and Tuba City last weekend, arresting 13 people. About 50 wine bottles and 325 beer cans were found, with 4 000 to 5 000 dollars in liquor seized. most suspects face charges of delivery and possession of liquor.
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Jackson
Hopiland
Lolita Honahnie
Moenkopi
Benjamin Yazzile
Louise
Tuba City
Elsie Yazzie
Austin Hurley
Mary Yazzie
Genevieve Davis
Chinle
Vicky Davis
Ruth Davis Yazzie
Ethelene Benally
Mary Rose Teller
Citibank probes after layoffs at Tuba City branch
The Citibank branch in Tuba City is under FBI led embezzlement and bank fraud inquiry following the dismissal of four employees last month. No charges filed. Citibank says new manager Mike Sventek from Prescott. two positions still to fill and temporary staff are ensuring service continuity.
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Mary Wicoff
Tuba City
Ariz
Citibank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Phoenix
Steve Tripp
Mike Sventek
Prescott
Tripp
Skeleton found at Lyman Lake near St Johns Arizona
Local walkers found a partly exposed human skeleton at Lyman Lake after it was drained. Kevin Weber of Lyman Lake State Park says the bones are in good condition, likely modern or historic, not prehistoric. Dr. Charles Hoffman of Northern Arizona University will examine the skeleton and nearby prehistoric sites next weekend. If modern, the case goes to Apache County Sheriff's Office.
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Frances Morse
St. Johns Bureau
ST. Johns, Ariz
Northern Arizona University
Lyman Lake
Kevin Weber
Lyman Lake State Park
Weber
Charles Hoffman
Apache County Sheriff’s Office
Jury awards snow stranded women $2.5 million in negligence suit
A Maricopa County jury apportioned fault 58 percent to the state and 42 percent to two skiers, awarding Jami Goldman and Lisa Barzano damages for frostbite after being stranded nearly 10 days on a snowbound Arizona Highway 873 near Springerville. Goldman received about 1.85 million and Barzano about 732 thousand after fault adjustments.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Maricopa County
Jami Goldman
Lisa Barzano
Springerville
Goldman
Barzano
Colorado
Arizona Department of Transportation
Mary Budinger
New law frees 75 Salvadorans
The Immigration and Naturalization Service says it released 75 Salvadorans from custody in anticipation of a new form of legal residence. The group may qualify for Temporary Protected Status under the new immigration law signed last week.
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The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
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Ms. Barzano
Richard Plattner
J. Tyrrell Taber
Steven LaMar
Juana
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