KGAK listeners raise funds for Hobbs family tragedy
Diné Bureau Gallup NM KGAK radio station collected over $2,000 in food and cash in under three hours after appealing for help for the Hobbs family of Na vajo. Ray Christine and 8 month old Shasawn Hobbs were killed in a car crash Monday after a Brimhall man led police on a high speed chase. The station reported strong community response with cash donations and food, noting this was the first time it dedicated so much air time to aid a single family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Donovan
Diné Bureau
Gallup
Hobb
Na‘vajo
N.M
Ray
Christine
Shasawn
Brimhall
Johnny Caballero
Christine ‘Hobb
Don Gonzales
KGAK
Jessica Johnson
White Rock
Gonzales Ini
Navajo Preparatory School breaks ground on new campus
Navajo Preparatory School began the first phase of a 4.5 million campus expansion in Farmington on Wednesday. Four new dorms plus a 24,000 square foot gym will accompany renovations to historic buildings. Completion is set for December with a longer term plan totaling about 40 million. The project aims to raise enrollment from 195 to 300 students. The school, founded 1912 to 1935 by the United Methodist Church, notes a legacy of Navajo leaders and scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
Navajo Preparatory
Farmington
Oo Op 7
Navajo Prep
United Methodist Church
Navajo Mission School
Betty Osaye
Navajo Nation
Taylor McKenzie
Fred Begay
Los Alamos
Osaye
Associated Press
Hozho Naasha
Ramerna Martinez
N.M
Thoreau teacher aids storm wrecked St Croix recovery
William Lenzner, a Thoreau Middle School teacher, joined Global Volunteers to assist St Croix residents after last fall’s hurricane. About 20 volunteers helped repair homes, build walls, and improve damaged structures while learning about island life. Lenzner noted residents’ resilience despite lingering destruction and forms required for aid, and described the island’s warm, laid-back culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenzner
St.Croix
Global Volunteers
Los Angeles
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Ramah man killed in rollover on dirt road
A 19 year old Ramah man Leander Pino died at the scene after ejecting from a 1991 Oldsmobile during a rollover on a dirt road in the Jones Ranch area. Police say alcohol was a factor and the driver Loren Singer 19 fled the scene after losing control.
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Ramah
Jones, Ranch
Leander Pino
Crownpoint Law Enforcement District
Loren Singer
Gallup
Wash Lana
Pino
Jones Ranch Road
Kayenta
Ruby Beanie Williams
Non-Indian woman faces Hopi ban over tepee on reservation
Ariz Hopi Tribe seeks to expel Aileen Hamilton a non Indian after she erected a tepee and temporary structures at a Navajo and Hopi elders camp on the Hopi Partitioned Lands without written tribal approval. Hamilton testified she aimed to protect elders from extreme heat and wind and argued the tepee is not a permanent structure under Hopi law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kykotsmovi
Ariz
Aileen Hamilton
Hamilton
HPL
Hopi: Land Office
Land Office
Bonnie Whitesinger
Hopi. Land Office
Eugene Kaye
Wayne Taylor
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Michael Fagans
Harrison Dehiya
Kgak Radio
Hobbs
S.J. Ludescher
Thoreau
Zarana Sanghan
William’ Lenzner
St.’ Croix
Western Skies Trailer Park
Lin
Leona
E.O.E
Jim Maniaci
Diné
Carlton
Begay
Chilchillah
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
ST. Michaels
Fort Defiance
Indian Health Service
Clement Walker
Mile Post
Samora Begay
Chinle
Lucille Singer
Cynthia Yazzie
Walker
Window Rock
Nicole Goodhue
William Lenzer
Thoreau Middle School
Caribbean
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