Community drive forms for Los Alamos fire relief efforts
Grants residents organize a county wide relief drive uniting multiple groups including Mount Taylor Elementary School, New Mexico State University Grants Campus, Future Families Foundation Center, Smiths Grocery, the New Mexico Highway Department and the Grants Fire Department. Donations of bottled water, nonperishable foods, toiletries, baby items and pet food are requested with 24 hour drop offs at several locations and cash gifts at Grants State Bank. A relief truck will transport items to a Los Alamos drop off early next week.
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Grants
Seale
Los Alamos
Grants Fire and Rescue Department
Mount Taylor Elementary School
New Mexico State University-Grants
Future Families Foundation Center
Smith’s
New Mexico’ Highway
Cibola County
Andrew Valencia
Cub Scouts
Valencia
Mount Taylor
New Mexico State University
Cibola County Emergency Management
New Mexico Highways and Transportation Department
Milan
Grants Fire Station
Grants State Bank
Gallup Indian Medical Center honors nurses for top awards
Gallup Indian Medical Center staff awards honored 100 nurses of 300 at a ceremony. Director Selva Thompson praised the team and patient surveys cited as best care. Nurse of the Year awards went to John Quest and Laurie Kennall for ortho-surgery and inpatient teams. Brenda York also received recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
Gallup Indian Medical Center
GIMC
Selva Thompson
John Quest
Laurie Kennall
Brenda York
Carrier Needed in West Mesa Housing Areas
Western region notices seek a carrier in West Mesa and housing areas Crownpoint and Shiprock. Contact Lin or Leona at 863-6811. Independent newspaper is an equal opportunity employer.
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West Mesa
Crownpoint
Shiprock
Lin
Leona
E.O.E
Sand and gravel clash at Oak Springs pit protest
Residents of Oak Springs in Navajo territory south of Window Rock blocked access to a gravel pit owned by Souers Construction of Albuquerque to stop removal of gravel. Led by chapter president Roy Dempsey, protesters argued the gravel is for local use and not sale to off reservation projects. By 7:30 a.m. eight company trucks waited as tribal police or company guidance was awaited.
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Bill Donovan
Oak Springs
Ariz
Window Rock
Chapter
Souers Construction, Co
Albuquerque
Souers
Roy Dempsey
Ervation
Los Alamos
Fete Company
Fire restrictions tighten across New Mexico forests
The National Forest Service and partners issued Level III fire restrictions across Cibola National Forest and adjacent districts amid high winds and dry conditions. No fires allowed on forest lands outside established campgrounds, smoking banned, and many fire usages prohibited. Firefighters from Grants, Zuni, Acoma, Laguna, and the Navajo Nation aid crews in Ruidoso and Los Alamos as notices spell out prohibitions and exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants Fire and Rescue
Zuni Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo
Laguna Pueblo
Navajo Nation
Ruidoso
Los Alamos
New Mexico
Erik Sleeper
Mount Taylor
District of the
Cibola National Forest
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
Liz Agpaoa
Albuquerque
Sandia
Mountain
Fire ban on Navajo Nation forest and woodlands
Extreme fire danger prompts executive order banning open fires smoking and use of firearms on the Navajo Nation. Ceremonial burn permits are exempt. Violators face fines restitution for fire suppression costs and damages. Questions to Navajo Forestry Department andFire Dispatch numbers provided.
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Kelsey
Begaye
Alexious C. Bicenti Sr
Navajo Forestry Project
Arvin. S. Trujillo
Division of Natural Resources
Navajo ‘Nation
Navajo Forestry Department
Forest Services Program
Bureau of Indians Affairs Fire Dispatch
Blue Canyon Road Roadwork Sought for Sawmill Primary Access
Diné Bureau Fort Defiance news reports Window Rock Unified School District seeks Navajo Nation Apache County and BIA help to upgrade Blue Canyon Road, the sole bus route to Sawmill Primary School. Board pushes for collaboration to pave the corridor from St Michaels to Red Lake, noting past gravel work by National Guard and funding gaps.
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Fort Defiance, Ariz
Window Rock Unified
Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Apache County
Blue Canyon
Sawmill
Defiance
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Elmer Milford
St. Michaels
Red Lake
Arizona
National’ Guard Ap
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Tom Purdom
S.J. Ludescher
San
Dot Jones
Independent
Ray Berchmian
National Forest Service
National Park’ Service
Aire
Magdalena
Tom Purdoro
McGaffey
Loren Smith
Aaron Hulberd
Highway 400
Fort Wingate
Dinné Bar
Jim Maniact
Diné
Paul Hanley
Window Rock High School
Larry Foster
Navajo’ Nation
Apache’ County
Milford
Fort Defiance
Navajo Nationt Council
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