City aims fix for Gallup rail crossing dispute
Gallup talks between city and Burlington Northern Santa Fe officials on repairing the Second Street railroad crossing proceed with funding debates. The city offers 40 000 dollars toward materials while the railroad estimates total costs near 200 000 dollars. The city would manage traffic control during construction and hopes to pay the railroad by week’s end.
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Gallup
Second Street
Harry Lara
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Stanley Henderson
Jeff Jones
Independent
Burlington
Northern Railroad
Larry. Reyes
Reyes
Burlington Northern
Louella Peywa
FBI probes death of 9 month old Cyrell Yazzie
The FBI is examining the death of 9 month old Cyrell Yazzie of the Little Water Chapter after his father Cornell Yazzie reported him not breathing. Investigators seek to determine if the death was accidental or homicide as an autopsy proceeds in Albuquerque. Authorities say the child was transported from Crownpoint to Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque in critical condition.
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Albuquerque
FBI
Cyrell Yazzie
Little Water
Doug Beldon
New Mexico
Police
Crownpoint
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Cornell Yazzie
Beldon
Indian Health Service
Presbyterian Hospital
Presbyterian
Comia
Non-Indians may be ousted after helping Navajos
Hopi hearing considers banishment of Marcia Monestersky for allegedly acting without authorization on Hopi Partitioned Lands and engaging in fraudulent activity. The ruling is due by April 28 as part of efforts to resolve disputes over 900000 acres on the Hopi Reservation where Navajo residents remain the majority.
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Gallup
Marcia Monestersky
Monestersky
Wayne Taylor
Aileen Hamilton
San Francisco
HPL
Hamilton
Betty Tso
Navajo Nation
Tso
Isolated Haystack kids plan fundraiser for zoo trip
In Haystack, Navajos near Grants, a community fundraiser supports Head Start children with no extra funds. Melton and Theresa Martinez organize a two-day calf roping event at Haystack Rancho Arena on Saturday and Sunday, offering belt buckle trophies and aiming to send about 20 preschoolers to Albuquerque for educational center visits and a zoo trip, with an overnight stay.
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Haystack
Grants
Melton Martinez
Theresa
Haystack Rancho
Theresa Martinez
Albuquerque
Navajos to vote on council size
In early May Navajo Nation voters decide on council size with seven options 110 88 72 48 44 32 or 24 chosen from mid 1980s hearings. Edison Wauneka notes many older voters support one to one chapter representation while districts must be broadly equal. Chief Legislative Counsel Steve Boos says population variation complicates equal districts.
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Jim Maniaci
Window Rock
Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation Council
Edison Wauneka
Wauneka
Election Board
Eac
LeChee
Shiprock
Tuba City
Steve ‘Boos
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Tom Purdom
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