Do city cops target Native Americans in Gallup?
In Gallup, two county commissioners trade barbs over jail conditions and alleged city discrimination against Native Americans. Apologies surface as they seek to define authority between city and county bodies amid a festive sting weekend and inmate crowding concerns.
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Gallup
Harry Mendoza
Ben
Shelly
Mendoza
Earnest C. Becenti
Becenti
Correctional Services Corporation
Bass
Gonzales
Commission
CSC
David Ruiz
Ruiz
New Mexico tops nation in child support on reservations
New Mexico leads the nation in collecting child support on Indian reservations. Olivia Golly of HHS praised the Navajo Nation accord, noting it has raised collections from minimal to about 500,000 in the last fiscal year while maintaining a 442,000-dollar budget. The Navajo program covers 44,000 cases, about 40 percent with welfare aid, and is seen as nationally significant.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Olivia Golly
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Golden
Navajorogram
Helen Nelson
Nona Lou Etsitty
City seeks probe of costly fire in Gallup trucks loss
City officials press for a state fire marshal re evaluation of Sept. 23 fire that destroyed seven of Gallup's nine garbage trucks at nearly 400000 dollars. Solid waste chief Landavazo disputes the cause, citing electricians who doubt electrical short caused the blaze and proposing a reenactment with Archuleta's team to test conclusions. The fire marshal linked the origin to under the bucket truck, with debris showing a smoldering burn and a Romex cord found near wooden timbers beneath the vehicle.
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Gallup
Ted Landavazo
Solid Waste Department
David Ruiz
Ruiz
Gilbert Archuleta
Archuleta
Warehouse Road
Four suspects sought after high speed chase and shootout
Navajo police from Window Rock hunt four suspects after a late night chase ending when a maroon GMC S15 abandoned on Jones Ranch Road. An officer fired no injuries reported. 19-year-old Weylin Whitmen was arrested near Lupton, while driver Henry Yazzie and two other suspects escaped.
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Window .Rock
Window Rock
Speedy
Lupton
Ariz
Jones Ranch Road
Crownpoint
Weylin Whitmen
Fire hits historic Gallup area ranch home of Wilson family
Firefighters battled hot spots at a Rock Springs ranch home owned by the family of the late local law enforcement legend Bobcat Wilson. Heath Wilhelm lived there with his family as part of a 50 year cattle operation. Larry Wilson and Valerie Wilhelm recalled growing up in the house and the shock of watching flames. Fire crews from across the county fought the blaze, while the adjacent 250 head cattle ranch remained at risk.
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Shelly
McKinley County
Frank Gonzales
Gallup
Rock Springs
Bobcat Wilson
Larry Wilson
Heath Wilhelm
Wilsons
Wilhelm
Wilson
Valerie Wilhelm
Heath
Amily
Fort Wingate
Fort Defiance
Ariz
Humane Society Seeks Cash Through Holiday Fund Raiser
The McKinley County Humane Society in Gallup will hold its annual ten thousand dollar fundraiser drawing on December twenty second after a date change due to the Christmas parade. Fifty dollar tickets, limited to six hundred, fund the care of homeless animals, with about four hundred animals monthly under the society’s supervision.
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Gallup
McKinley County Humane Society
Humane Society
Bobbi Jo Trujillo
McKinley County
Cat Breeding Crisis Drives Humane Action in Gallup
A veterinarian cites alarming cat and dog birth rates with litters producing 2.8 surviving kittens yearly. The McKinley County Humane Society relies on community donations and Heinz product symbol redemptions for food, shelter and care as many animals face euthanasia or abandonment. Spaying and neutering urged to curb homeless animals.
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Trujillo
U.S
Humane Society
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