County weighs inmate housing costs and new jail plan
Grants established journalist Tom Purdom reports Cibola County faces rising inmate costs exceeding one million dollars yearly. The commission debates moving inmates from the privately run Cibola County Corrections Center in Milan to Gallup and McKinley County to save money, while considering building a county jail facility. Work release inmates at Gallup face possible return to Grants as cost pressures mount.
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Cibola County Commission
Cibola County Corrections Center
Milan
McKinley County
Gallup
Bob Ortiz
CCCC
Corrections. Corporation’. of America
Tennessee
CCA
Grants
Ortiz
Library pact hits a snag in Grants area
A joint powers agreement among Cibola County the city of Grants and the Village of Milan stalled at a county commission meeting. The plan lists percentages for funding with no dollar amounts prompting the Milan Board of Trustees to ask how much the village must pay.
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Grants
Cibola County
City of
Milan
County Commission
Commission
Rollover Kills mem. ATV passenger dies
A 33-year-old Dennehotso man died in a one-vehicle rollover on BIA Route 6460 near the Dennehotso Chapter House. Alcohol was cited by Navajo police. Two others, a 13-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man, died in separate ATV accidents in Flagstaff and Shonto areas. Police reported unopened beer at the scene and multiple injuries. The incidents prompted ongoing investigations by Kayenta Police District and tribal authorities.
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Window Rock
Dennehotso
Shonto
Elbert Lee Cly
Dennehotse
Utah
Kayenta Police District
Cly
Anthony Cly
San Juan Regional Medical Center
Farmington
Janice Stanley
Indian Health Service
Kayenta
Flagstaff
Navajo Housing Authority
Flagstaff Medical’ Center
Shiprock
U.S. 64
Mile Post
Arlene Deal
Stanling, Coolidge
Rollover
Gallup City Wades Into Mayes Parole Controversy
Gallup city council approved a resolution urging the state parole board to bar Thomas Mayes from returning to the city while noting the agenda wording needs revision. Mayes, a former police officer, was sentenced to 16 years in 1992 for fatally shooting his common law wife Ella Johnson and wounding her friend Ocelia Slinkey. he is slated for parole July 5. The council acknowledged limits, with Mayor John Pena and City Manager David Ruiz saying the city lacks legal grounds to prevent Mayes from entering Gallup if paroled without conditions.
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Gallup
State Parole Board
Thomas Mayes
Mayes
Ella Johnson
Ocelia Slinkey
Pat Butler
Butler
Louie’. Bonaguidi
John Penn
Sam Roybal
Thomas
Pena
Roybal
Sontasta
Jim Martin
Ella ‘Johnson
Advocacy Coalition
David Ruiz
Thoreau office gets OK in McKinley County
McKinley County commissioners approved a Thoreau branch office to serve residents with county business. Budget hearings approach as leaders discuss personnel policy changes, including military leave and ethics updates. Fireworks may be banned this July 4 due to dry conditions. formal vote set for June 7.
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Gallup
McKinley County
Thoreau
Ben Shelly
Harry’ Mendoza
Shelly
Mendoza
David ‘Hoes
Doug Decker
Hoes
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Joey Gilgoff
San Juan County
Tanya Brazil
Nicole Goodhill
Nathan Longhair
Harold Runnels Pool
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