Stone masons revive Navajo Citadel ruins in New Mexico
Stone masons repaired the Citadel near Bloomfield by applying native clay mortar to stabilized walls. The two story Navajo ruin, part of a 1700s site in the Gobernador and Largo Canyons area, saw renovations completed in mid May with collaboration from the New Mexico State Land Office and San Juan County Museum Association. Archaeologists confirm Navajo origin from artifacts, noting the site likely served defense, raids, and seasonal living/storage uses.
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Milan board briefed on CCA prison project expansion
Cibola County Corrections Center plans a federal contract expansion with Corrections Corporation of America. The project could yield up to 230 million over 10 years, adding about 211 prison jobs and 30 federal court positions including two judges. Inmates will be first-time offenders, limited to nonviolent crimes.
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Tenn
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Idaho
Rampage ends with Grants man arrested
Grants police arrested Shawn Dukart 32 after a Tuesday 5 p m rampage in a rental trailer at 1131 Mount Taylor. He smashed windows with a tire iron while arguing with his wife Regina Dukart 28. Dukart surrendered after a bean bag gun was used. Details on property damage were unavailable.
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Ex-city woman joins Everest environmental cleanup trek
Sylvia Kezele, 46, Gallup native now in Chicago, joined the Everest Environmental Expedition to Base Camp, part of a three week trek to remove garbage left on Mount Everest since 1953. Led by Bob Hoffman, the effort aims to restore Everest’s pristine condition by 2003, with only corpses remaining as per tradition.
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Chicago
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Norgay
Bob Hoffman
California
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Hillary and
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Tibet
Chomolungma
Syliva Kezele
Farmington police probe links in two beating deaths
Farmington detectives seek whether inmates Robert Fry and Leslie Engh connected to two murders and a 1998 missing man case. Fry and Engh face first degree murder charges in a Shiprock woman's June 9 death and a 1998 slaying, with possible ties to Pernell Tewangoitewa's disappearance and other local killings.
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Farmington
Robert Fry
Leslie Engh
Shiprock
Arizona
Betty Lee
Donald Tsosie
Engh
Fry
Pernell Tewangoitewa
Jackson backs sales tax to fund Arizona education
Arizona State Sen. Jack Jackson, a Window Rock Democrat, endorses Gov. Jane Hulls plan to raise the sales tax for education funding. He spoke at the Arizona Indian Town Hall in Phoenix and urged passage, noting reservations ownership limits on property taxes hinder Indian participation. He also backs delaying AIMS testing to 2013, amid questions about testing needs in education.
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Ariz
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Jackson
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Hull
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