Navajo fire ban remains in effect for Independence Day
Fort Defiance reports continued Navajo Nation and BIA fire restrictions through Independence Day with high fire danger in the Defiance Plateau. No open fires, smoking, firearms, or non spark arrested tools. ceremonial fires allowed with permits. Report fires at 520 729 7230 or 520 729 4007.
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Fort Defiance
Ariz
Navajo Nation
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Defiance Plateau
Jim ‘Bydone
BIA
Ture
Tribal Forestry Department
Grants cancels Fourth of July fireworks display in drought
Grants city leaders canceled the Fourth of July fireworks over extreme drought and fire risk. Fire Chief Valencia and the fire department urged restraint, noting several days of rain are needed to ease conditions. The Chamber of Commerce supported the decision and funds may fund a fall chili fiesta display. Fireworks vendors sell limited ground displays amid bans.
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Grants
Oi ‘City Fire’ Department
John Rhoderick
Andrew Valencia
Rhoderick
Chamber of Commerce
Forest Service
New Mexico
Milan Cops Expected to Stay on Job
Milan area law enforcement leaders say they are not worried about losing street officers to corrections jobs at the new federal prison. Corrections Corporation of America won a federal contract to house low level inmates, with starting pay for officers rising to about 11 to 12 dollars an hour, far above Milan Police Department wages. Police Chief Alfonso Martí notes Milan officers begin at 6.50 per hour, rising to 8.50 after certification.
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Milan — Area
Corrections Corporation of America
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Milan
CCA
California
Grants Police Department
Cibola ‘County
Alfonso Marti
Grants guard back on job after alleged inmate battery
Grants Corrections Corporation of America officer Michael Figueroa, accused of kicking an inmate, was removed from administrative leave and is back on duty. Warden Bill Snodgrass said an internal probe will occur and no charges had yet been filed in Magistrate Court. The incident involved inmate Lucinda Begay who said she was awoken in the wrong cell and received a kick during a confrontation.
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Grants
Corrections Corporation of America
Rae
Bill Snodgrass
Michael Figueroa
Figueroa
Snodgrass
Lucinda Begay
Grants Police
Begay
Gillson set to take over as Gallup DA in late fall
Karl Gillson won the Democratic nomination for Gallup-McKinley County district attorney and faces a smooth transition since no Republican challenger exists in November. He plans to reorganize staff but vows no immediate layoffs, respecting loyal workers of current DA Mary Helen Baker. A February court case involving Emily Ellison and a related lawsuit by William Stripp factor into staffing considerations. Page 2.
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Gallup
McKinley County
Karl Gillson
Democratic Party
Mary Helen Baker
Gillson
Baker
Emily
Ellison
William Stripp
Gallup Police Department
Gerald Buyers
Michael Sanchez
Buyers
Sanchez
Retiring GIMC workers recalled decades of service
Lorana Meza and Caroline Nez honored at a Gallup Indian Medical Center retirement barbecue attended by 500 plus staff. Meza, a 35 year veteran, joined in 1965 from Ohio and helped during a 1973 AIM takeover. Nez, with 37 years, native to Laguna Pueblo, worked in Phoenix Albuquerque Navajo areas and Gallup for 14 years. Both plan hobbies travel and time with family.
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Gallup
Indian Medical Center
Lorana Meza
Caroline Nez
Meza
Ohio
Ohio State University
GIMC
North Carolina
Washington, D.C
Nez
Indian Health Services
Laguna Pueblo
Phoenix
Albuquerque
Navajo
Laguna
Michael Fagans
Independan
Caroline “Nez
Lojana Meza
Gallup Indian Medical’ Center
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Navajo Reservation
Christopher. Schurtz
Nicote Goddhue
Armida Lucero
Arlene
Armrida Becenti
Delta Fireworks
Christopher Schurtz
Zarana Sangham Statt
A. Gallup
Amanda Witt
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