Thriftway Withdraws Nageezi License Bid
Thriftway Marketing Corp. withdrew its bid to transfer a liquor license to a Nageezi area store near New Mexico 44 after a fatal May crash that killed six. Travis Frank, 19, faces six counts of vehicular homicide and other charges related to the crash. The move comes amid opposition from Navajos including tribal President Peterson Zach and prior legal battles over the transfer.
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Farmington
Thriftway Marketing Corp
New Mexico 44
Nageezi
Peterson Zach
San Jian County
Joe Cruz Castelano Jr
State Court of Appeals
Castellano
N.M. 44
San Juan Rio Arriba
Bloomfield
Father figure coach to 14 kids in Gallup
Rusty Swatzell, 35, of Gallup, coaches in baseball and acts as a father figure to 14 neighborhood kids on Father’s Day, while balancing his own three children. He mentors players, offers a listening ear for home and school troubles, and serves as a buddy and role model off the field.
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Gallup
Rusty Swatzell
Swatzell
Gallup Et Aera
City of
Michael
Chewy
Jessica
Maria
Road project on Zuni Mountains blocked by suit
A New Mexico lawsuit seeks to halt a proposed upgrade of Forest Roads 49 and 50 in the Zuni Mountains of the Cibola National Forest. The action, led by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, argues for an environmental impact study and growth controls, while opponents say the plan would improve drainage and reduce erosion.
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Tom Schultes
Grants Bureau
Zuni Mountains
Cibola National Forest
U.S
Grants
New Mexico Environmental Law Center
Santa Fe
Zuni Mountain Coalion
Cibola County
M. Lou. Jones
The
Cation
Albuquerque
Ae Ey Dot Sie
Posal
Forest Service
Jones
McGaffey Lake
Coalition
Alfredo Mirabel
Thebel
John Caffrey
Mount Taylor
Naval Forest
New Mexico Environmental Department
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New Mexico Fish & Game
Caffrey
Washington D.C
Wnre
Deliberating Taos jury weighs Gordon House case
The Taos jury in the Gordon House trial confined deliberations Friday without a verdict and planned to resume today. Prosecutors say four counts of vehicular homicide, one of great bodily harm, DWI, and reckless driving stem from a Christmas Eve 1992 Albuquerque crash that killed Melanie Ravens and her three daughters. House admits drinking but his attorney notes the case is complex and evidence abundant.
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Gordon House
Ray
Twohig
House
Cecelia Niemczyk
Melanie @ravens
Albuquerque
Gordon’ House
Frank ‘Allen Fr
Navajo Council approves loans to NFPI employees
Navajo Council members approve a 250000 loan line within a 4.7 million dollar budget allocation for NFPI and Navajo Logging Contractors employees. The session also seeks 59.7 million from the U.S. government for irrigation project support and over 7 million for operations and maintenance for 1996. A defeated 15 million resolution ended the session.
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NFPI
P C
Douglas Statt
Window Rock
Ariz
Rainbow
Navajo Forest Products Industries
Keith Little
Crystal
N.M
Council
U.S
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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