Committee probing Navajo Council gifts
Diné Bureau reports the Government Services Committee plans to obtain records from Navajo Nation Hospitality Inn about free rooms provided to Navajo Nation Council members over four years. Chairman Ervin Keeswood says the probe aims to gauge costs, not punish delegates, amid talks of buying a motel complex and concerns over loans.
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Don Hubbard
Navajo Inn sale poised after loan default
Diné businessman Romero Brown faces a bank led sale of Navajoland Days Inn after Community First National Bank of Phoenix loans 2.7 million. Brown says a door notice triggered by trustee action arrived as he expected an extension. bank officials planned a formal statement with no comment yet.
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Navajo Inn
Baber to take Gallup district attorney job
Gallup Gov. Gary E. Johnson announced that Mary Helen Baber will be Gallup’s new district attorney, assuming duties July 8 to finish the remaining 18 months of Forrest Buffington’s term. Baber, a Republican, holds a UNM bachelor’s and JD, and has served as deputy D A and assistant city attorney. She did not apply, but was recruited after a call from Johnson. Her focus includes reviewing controversial cases and prioritizing child abuse.
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Gary E. Johnson
Mary ‘Helen Baber
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Forrest Buffington
University of New Mexico
Baker
Johnson
Window Rock teachers gain raises for September
Fort Defiance district approves higher base pay for beginning teachers from 23400 to 27000 and adds a top step to 41700. Returning teachers receive a 3 percent cost of living adjustment plus a step, totaling about 5 percent for all staff, with district raises costing roughly 240000.
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Window Rock
Senate approves 300000 for San Juan Gallup Navajo pipeline
The Senate on Wednesday appropriated 300000 to continue study of the San Juan River Gallup Navajo Pipeline, aimed at bringing San Juan River water to Gallup and the Navajo Reservation. The project will address service areas line size and cost details, with construction pending federal approvals and a future conference report.
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Building a hill out of an arroyo
Gallup’s long awaited hospital parking lot expands behind Rehoboth McKinley Christian Healthcare Services with 192 new spaces thanks to the Innovative Readiness Training program run by the U.S. Air Force. About 35 servicemen will move 80,000 cubic yards of donated dirt, raising the ground 2 feet per day to lift the site from 65 to 75 feet, with completion of this phase planned for August and final work by mid-September. Local contractors will handle paving lighting and railings after IRT finishes.
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Rehoboth McKinley Christian Healthcare Services
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Shell White
IRT
RMCH
Gallup Indian Medical Center
McKinley County
Rey Riel
Herb Mosher
Western Health Foundation
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Ron Denney
the Navy
Americans For Native Americans
Western See
Volunteers Travel 800 Miles To Help At Casa San Jose
Sixty volunteers from St. Anthony’s Parish Liberal Kansas arrived to assist Casa San Jose a teen mother home in Milan New Mexico. Workers tore off shingles and began roof repair landscaping and painting under director Sister Francine Schuster ASC and Father Henry Hildebrandt parish pastor. The project grew from six months of planning and aims to put faith into practice through service.
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