Begaye recruits leaders for Navajo transition team
President elect Kelsey Begaye’s transition team launches a nationwide search to fill more than 80 percent of division and executive director roles with new professionals. Larry Foster notes aim to bring in new talent while maintaining qualified applicants from education and experience.
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Window Rock
Kelsey Begaye
Begaye/McKenzie
Larry Foster
Foster
Begaye
Taylor McKenzie
Country Today
Balloon rally in Gallup struck by snow causing cancellations
Gallup hosted the 18th Red Rock Balloon Rally with 97 balloons launching despite forecasts of heavy snow. By Friday night cancellations spread as temperatures fell and wind rose, forcing the first balloon events since 1993 to be called off on Saturday and Sunday.
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Gallup
Red Rock
National Weather Service
Church Rock Elementary
Red Rock State Park
Gallup Municipal Golf Course
Partici
Navajo faces deadline for tank cleanup action
Navajo Nation faces a December 22 deadline under the federal Underground Storage Tank Act for cleaning up leaking tanks and contaminated soil at gas stations. The Navajo UST Program will mail notices to owners and operators detailing required overfill protection, leak detection, corrosion resistant liners, and proof of financial responsibility. Noncompliant sites face closures or fines up to 11,000 dollars per day. a Navajo-specific tariff of one cent per gallon will fund cleanup of abandoned sites.
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Gallup
Navajo Nation
Norma Cady
Navajo Nation- Environmental Protection Agency
Cady
Navajo Epa
Operation ABC raises seat belt and air bag safety in Gallup
McKinley County joins national Operation ABC to boost air bag and seat belt safety. Deputies issued 200 citations in a belt enforcement push. Parents urged to place children in back in appropriate restraint seats and follow age based guidelines.
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Gallup
McKinley County
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Safety Council
Washington
New Mexico
Donna Goodrich
Goodrich
ABC
Gallup Police
John Gonzales
Gonzales
Nashtius
Moenkopi village funds Hopi youth center for 3 months
Moenkopi Village Board, 5-0 with four absent, voted to fund the Moenkopi Youth Center for three months after it closed December 1 due to lack of funds. The measure covers salaries and some equipment but leaves dollar amounts unclear, while tribal benefits for employees complicate funding. The chairman and council members discuss broader village priorities and potential additional funding from the tribal council, with staff uncertain about ongoing jobs and health care.
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Moenkopi, Ariz
Moenkopi
Milfred Tewawina
Olution
Tewawina
H Earth
Moenkopi Village
Tribal Council
Michael Elmer
Lenora Lewis
Hubert Lewis
Yvonne Hooseva
Danny Humetewa
Humetewa
Hooseva
Paul Sidney
Wayne Taylor Jr
Sidney
Kirst Mesa
Sipaulovi
Bacavi
Idney
Loretta Goldtooth
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Martin Salazar
Diné
Adam Harry
Independent
Malcolm Brenner
Patti Baumgardner
Coal Ave
Village
Hopi Youth Center
Stan Bindell
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