Lawyer Brown Made Millions in Ranch Deal Scandal
Phoenix attorney A Melvin McDonald testified that Byron Bud Brown likely received between 4.5 and 5 million dollars tied to the Big Boquillas Ranch purchase. He asserted immunity for his client and described taped recordings and wiring related to the Navajo Nation deal and the MacDonald corruption case. The proceedings tie Brown to intermediary payments and a complex chain involving Tenneco West, Tracy Oil and Gas, and the tribe's 33.4 million final sale price.
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Betty Reid
Window Rock
Ariz
Phoenix
Byron
Bud’’ Brown
Big Boguillas Ranch
A. Melvin McDonald
Jones, Skelton and Hochuli
U.S
Big Boquillas
McDonald
Peter MacDonald
Arizona
MacDonalds
U.S. Senate
Peter
Rocky” MacDonald Jr
Brown
MacDonald
Tenneco West
Tracy Oil and Gas
Tracy
MacDonald Sr
Shannon Robinson
Maricopa County
IRS
The
Boquillas
Ken Ballen
Senate
Navajo Leader Zach Zah Seeks Harmony in Return to Presidency
Navajo Nation President-elect Zah Zah returns after eight years to restore harmony and unity, push Antelope Point Marina project, and advance tribal development. He recalls calm years 1983 to 1987 and outlines plans after campaign travels to chapter houses and schools across the reservation.
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Richard
Ariz
Peterson
Zach
Zah
North
America
Save the Children Western Regional
Albuquerque
Inn Earize
Water woes persist in Gallup as plumbers rush to freeze
In Gallup, residents face ongoing water shortages with about 100 calls for frozen or broken pipes in recent days. Plumbers have responded to roughly half, prioritizing those without heat and those entirely without water, while city officials urge cautious home measures and heat retention. Local plumber Glenn Lewis notes nonstop work with four crews and offers tips such as dripping taps and opening cabinet doors to keep heat in. A small electric heater near vulnerable areas is advised to prevent further outages.
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Gallup
Buck Monday
Glenn Lewis
Lewis Bros. Plumbing and Heating
Lewis
Uranium decline and political shifts in Cibola County
In 1990 Cibola County faced the uranium industry's end with Mt. Taylor Chevron mine near San Mateo closing and flooding. About 20 workers remained, some moved to other Chevron mines or state prisons. The Rio San Jose River Walk Park opened, with phase two due next year along with a 90 day shock incarceration unit to employ 58 by 1991. Local elections reshaped county leadership as Ed Craig was unseated, Democrats swept, and bids shifted in Grants and Milan.
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Grants Bureau
Cibola County
Mt. Taylor Chevron
San Mateo
Joe Lister
Chevron
Rio San Jose River
Milan
Warren Mathers
Pete Maldonado
Carl Lewis
Maldonado
Mary Frances Gomez
Eddie Corley Jr
Grants
Kathy Chavez-Staley
Patricio Jaramillo
William Sorensen
County Commission
Merhage
Michael
Fred Mirabal
Tuba City school turmoil spans over year
Mary Wycoff reports on the long running turmoil in the Tuba City public school district from 1989, detailing secession of schools, a COPE recall effort, mass firings of staff, budget disputes, a salary row, recalls, superintendent changes, a court ruling, and eventual rehiring of most laid off workers with a new board and administration.
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Mary Wycoff
Western Bureau
Tuba City
Ariz
Coalition of
Parents For Education
COPE
Virginia Williams
Charlene Nez
Joseph Ball
Ball
Arizona Education Association
Hector Tahu
Charles Brown
George Abe
LeRoy Shingoiewa
Alvin Harvey
Thomas Chabin
Mark Wheeler
Tahu
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Abby
Nation
Cen Southwest
Knights OF Columbus
Coal Basin
Mall
the Independent
Tamara Wiles
Naomi Curley
Control Air and Metals
Earl's
Steve Richards
Gallu
Steven Patrick
Cibola
By Charlotte Fellers
Tuba
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