Plan to streamline Navajo conspiracy prosecutions
Special Prosecutor Alan Balaran filed with the Supreme Court a plan to convert pending conspiracy cases against 21st and 22nd Navajo Nation Council members into civil actions. He seeks restitution claims from multiple funds and asks to freeze assets where theft and risk of dissipation can be shown, with Judge Carol Perry leading the civil proceedings and another judge taking the criminal docket.
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Alan Balaran
Supreme Court
Navajo Nation Council
Window Rock District
Carol Perry
Balaran
21St Council
Perry
Region Faces State Redistricting After Population Shifts
Gallup council hears from State Rep. Patricia Lundstrom about population declines in McKinley and Cibola counties from the 2010 census. McKinley County dropped 11.2 percent, losing 33,307 residents, affecting House and Senate district boundaries and potential funding implications for the Legislature. Rep. Sandra Jel notes District 5 includes much of McKinley County and is also affected.
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Gallup
McKinley
Cibola
House of ‘Representatives
Senate
Patricia ‘Lundstrom
D-Gallup
Lundstrom
McKinley County
U.S
Mexico
San Juan
N.M. House of Representatives
Sandra Jel
Navajo language pageant brings heritage to Red Rock Park
ALLUP Danyel Johnson 10 played grandma in a Navajo garb skit at Tohatchi elementary, guiding classmates as they named body parts fruits and clothes. Her dramatic exit with a walking stick drew laughs after weekend practice to make the moment count.
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Danyel Johnson
Scholol
Red Rock Park
Johnson
Gallup officer joins Police Unity Tour in Richmond
Gallup Police Officer Kelly Akerson will ride with about 1,000 law enforcement officers in the Police Unity Tour from Richmond to Washington May 10 to May 13. The three day, 235 mile ride honors fallen officers and raises funds for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum in Washington.
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Gallup
Kelly Akerson
Egheel
Richmond
Washington
Judiciary Square
E. 14Th and
Sth Streets
U.S
Diné group uses storytelling to curb self harm deaths
Fort Defiance Indian Health Board continues its weekly storyteller series on Navajo cultural identity and methamphetamine risk. The project aims to slow deaths by self harm through shared stories, with more details in the Stories section on page 5.
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Window Rock
Fort Defiance
Indian. Health Board
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Richard Reyes
Page
Brian Leddy
Twin Lakes
Nicholas Yazzie
Brian ‘Leddy
Julie Livingston
Diné Group
Dalvna Castellanos
Diné Bureau
Leona
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