Gallup whistleblower recalls suit against school board
Gallup High School whistleblower Sam Pemberton discusses a 1991 disclosure of Charles Johnson’s alleged misconduct and the subsequent lawsuit filed by Albuquerque attorney Bruce Pasternak. The suit accuses Johnson and other district staff of abuse, retaliation, and cover up while Pemberton and Andy Trottier faced disciplinary action.
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Gallup
Sam’ Pemberton
Charles Johnson
Pemberton
Ormer
Gallup High School
Gallup High
Johnson
Andy
Andre
Trottier
Albuquerque
Bruce
Zuni
Sam Pemberton
Andy Trottier
Pasternak
Anid
Los Alamos
Navajo leader to request leniency for House in fatal crash
Navajo President Albert Hale plans to write a letter asking Judge James Blackmer to place Gordon House on probation and allow community service following his conviction for four counts of vehicular homicide related to the Christmas Eve 1992 crash that killed Melanie Cravens and her two daughters. Sentencing is set for July 24 in Albuquerque. max penalty 26 years.
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Gordon House
Albert Hale
Valerie Tallman
House
Melanie Cravens
Paul
Las Cruces
Taos
Cravens
Blackmer
Presi
Dent Hale
Ben Shelly
Thoreau
Shelly
Tallman
Navajo
Hale
Coordinator selected for regional juvenile facility
Andrea Egger reports at the Gallup meeting the county approved Bob Bass of Thoreau as full-time project coordinator for the Regional Juvenile Detention Center. The center brings youths from McKinley, Cibola and San Juan counties as a pilot project and Bass will aid the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments and the county. A joint San Juan and McKinley meeting is planned for 3 p.m. June 21 in Farmington.
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Gallup
County” Commission
Bass
McKinley
Cibola
San Juan
Mr. Bass
R. David Pederson
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Pederson
Northwest
New Mexico Council of Governments
Northwest New Mexi
Official visits Navajo water project on Friday
Reclamation Commissioner Daniel Beard will visit the Navajo Solar Water Pumping and Water Treatment Project near Gallup with Native American Affairs Director Joe Miller and Navajo Nation representatives. He notes the aim to boost water resource management and tribal capabilities while addressing Indian water rights disputes and providing clean water for Native Americans.
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Gallup
U.S. Department of the Interior
Upper Colorado
Navajo Nation
Af Reclamation
Daniel P. Beard
Joe Miller
Beard
Reclamation
The
Water Management Agency
U.S. Department of Energy
Hopi Elders Emphasize Return to Old Ways of Life
MOENKOPI Ariz Hopi leaders urge a return to traditional Hopi practices of walking farming and prayer as the best medicine. Herman Honanie assistant director Hopi Office of Healthy Services tells elders to practice the old Hopi way noting endurance and fitness hinge on Hopi culture and teachings Wayne Taylor Jr agrees. See Hopi Page 2
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Herman Honanie
Hopi Office of Healthy Services
Wayne Tayslor’ Jr
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