Dredging Halted Over Small Flood Gates in Gallup
Gallup city workers paused Rio Puerco flood control dredging after tests showed two 42 inch flood gate pipes between the main river and the Little Puerco are too small to handle a 100 year flood. City planner John Milligan said gates would close when the main river runs and open for Little Puerco, but the pipes risk backing up water into downtown and near Gallup Sand and Gravel Co. and the electrical substation. The contractor halted work June 26 as the corps of engineers seeks an alternative design with the city covering 25 percent of costs and most in–kind labor.
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Melissa Schlanger
Gallup
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Second Street
John Milligan
Gallup Sand and Gravel Co
Milligan
Little Puerco
Ptterco
Simall
Sand ; and Gravel Co
Corps of Engineers
City buys 60 acres west of Munoz Overpass for flood plan
Milligan cites two options to fix small pipes. One is larger pipes but risk of uncontrollable flows. The other is a 1963 proposal to build a dam at the Little Puerco south end near Apache Circle to catch big flows and reduce downtown water, making 42 inch pipes potentially sufficient. The land is from Gamerco Associates for flood control.
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Munoz Overpass
Gamerco Associates
Milligan
Puerco
Apache Circle
Navajo Education Committee to discuss Lybrook busing plan
The Navajo Education Committee will hold a Friday meeting at the Counselor Chapter House to hear testimony on busing Navajo students to Lybrook Elementary. An accreditation team cited symptoms of de facto segregation and parents on both sides call for improved facilities, services, and safety assurances amid cross district boundary concerns.
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Bloomfield
Tso
Lybook
Lybrook
Jemez
Cuba Independent
Navajo Big Boquillas Ranch Sale Faces Roadblocks
California realtor Eldon Joe West says Navajo Nation could sell the Big Boquillas Ranch for about 97 dollars per acre, yielding roughly 20 million dollars in profit, but Maricopa County suit and law firm barriers hinder progress. He cites two potential buyers Landmark Land Co and Far Horizons Financial, while alleging lack of cooperation from the tribe’s law firm.
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Richard Sitts
Rock, Ariz
California
Big Boquillas
Eldon Joe West
Our Town Realty
Corona
The
Tracy Oil Co
Tracy
Tenneco West
Maricopa
MacDonald
West
Landmark Land Co
Oklahoma
Far Horizons Financial Co
Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander Law
Maricopa County
Phoenix
David Ouimette
Mariscal
Navajo Tribal Council
Stock owners warned at Window Rock drought briefing
Stock owners must plan for emergencies during Navajo Nation's severe drought as officials urge water conservation. About 80 grazing committee members met at Window Rock Civic Center to seek alternatives, including selling livestock, amid calls for funding incentives and rain hope in coming weeks.
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Richard Sitts
Window Rock
Ariz
Herman Spencer
Navajo Grazing Management Office
Navajo Tribal ‘Utility Authority
Navajo Grazing Committee
Window Rock Civic Center
Spencer
Gila County Declared Disaster Amid Mogollon Rim Fire
Arizona Governor Rose Mofford declared Gila County a disaster area as a wildfire along the Mogollon Rim raged. About 800 homes were evacuated from 25 subdivisions while investigators probed the deaths of six men who fought the blaze. The state set aside 40000 dollars and sought federal aid, with calls to President Bush for federal disaster designation.
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Associated Press
Arizona
Rose Mofford
Gila County
Mogollon Rim
Mofford
Vada
Phoenix
U.S. Sons
Dennis
DeConcini
Dariz
John McCain
R-Ariz
Bush
Hopis Reject Blaze Construction Over Indicted GM
Hopi leaders in New Mexico refuse to allow Blaze Construction to work on the reservation citing an indictment of general manager Paul Wood for obstructing justice and false statements related to a car given to Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald. They warn of blockades if Blaze proceeds with an Aug. 1 road project near Second Mesa, citing lack of consultation and sacred land concerns.
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Radford Quamahongnewa
Frances Jue
Shungopavi
Albuquerque
Paul Wood
Nancy Plevin
Associated Press
Peter MacDonald
Shungapavi
Blaze Construction Co
Yakima
Wash
New Mexico
Wood
MacDonald
FBI
Blaze
Quamahongnewa
Blaze Construction
Second Mesa
Arizona
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Don Armstrong
Rio Puerco
Interstate
Navajos Air School
New Mexico State
Alan Morgan
Navajo Nation Council
Tribe
Big BO
Texas
Guadalupe
Mountains
National Park
Nthe Mogolion
Hopis
M&r Trading
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