Gas prices boost bus ridership on Navajo routes
Navajo Transit System officials see rising oil costs boosting bus use as riders like Donald Yazzie switch to the 41 passenger route from Canada to Gallup four times daily. Regulars cite savings and discounts for seniors and the handicapped, though service reliability and aging buses frustrate many.
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Jim Maniaci
Rock
Wayne Claw
Samson Tsosie
Loretta
Gallup
Canado
Claw
Navajo Nation
Donald Yazzie
Gallup police report dispute over deadly Navajo family crash
Gallup police chief Danny Ross defended a delay in releasing a report on the March 12 accident that killed three Navajo family members after a police chase of a suspected drunken driver. The city said it would respond by 2 p.m. April 4, though state law allows three days with possible extension.
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NLM
Gallup
Danny Ross
Gallup’ Independent
Shiprock man wins OK to run for school board seats
Ciné Bureau reports Shiprock resident Richard Begaye, one of three council delegates, was allowed to run for local school boards after the Navajo election board waived the 5 percent signature rule this election. Begaye planned to run for four boards but initially missed deadlines due to petition rules. He learned the waiver permits candidacy for vacant seats.
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Window Rock
Shiprock Cor
Richard T.’Begaye
Shiprock
Begaye
Navajo Election Board
Section Board
Dog saves five hikers on Navajo Mountain blizzard
A stray rottweiler led a party of five women to safety during a Navajo Mountain blizzard and helped another four hikers the next day on Rainbow Trail to Rainbow Natural Bridge. The dog guided in snow battered conditions, staying with the group and finding the trail, while the hikers endured hours of trekking and sheltering in tents. Local accounts credit the dog with critical navigational aid amid heavy snowfall and rising winds.
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Nancy Watson Diné
Bureau
Gallup
Rottweiler
Navajo Mountain
Rainbow Trail
Rainbow Natural Bridge
Kelly Vickery
Chaner
Rainbow Lodge
Cliff Canyon
Sarah Newberry
Cottonwood
Newberry
Glenn Wasselman
Wasserman
Wassleman
Sankle
Rex
Williams
Memories of San Mateo life told by Abe Pena
Abe Pena recalls life in the Hispanic village of San Mateo 23 miles northeast of Grants. He describes sheep ranching as the core industry, the early lack of electricity, self-sufficiency, Spanish speech, and a 1915 18 carat gold ring once owned by his maternal grandfather Fermin Marquez observed sleepwalking traits.
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Grants
San Mateo
Abe Penia
Viola
Paco
Pablo Pena
Pablita
Pablo
Abe
Abelicio Pena
Spain
Abe Pena
New ‘Mexico
New Mexico
Cibola
Pefia
University of New Mexico Press
Fermin Marquez
Marquez
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George Koshinway
Koshinway
Kayenta
College
Tsaile
Fort Defiance
Monument Valley
Bashas
Greyhound
Amtrak
Tsosie’s
William "Anderson
Anderson
Gallup Iindiani
Jeff Jones
Inde
Kevin Tsosie
Kimberly Tsosie
Ciné Bureau
Jeri Ree
Kelly ‘Williams
Phoenix
Mary E. Davis Statt
Mary Elizabeth Davisndepenc
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