P&M union strikers gain help from Californians
California United Mine Workers members joined McKinley Mine strikers in Bonito on Friday. Local 1332 has expanded picket sites as 300 plus members guard entrances along Highway 264, signaling a prolonged strike over wages and benefits with no coal shipped. A four-car company convoy arrived for a board brush meeting, while talks pause until after Memorial Day.
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Jim Maniaci
Dine
Bureau _ TSE BONITO
McKinley Mine
California
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburg
Way
P&m
Chevron Corp
Gallup
Board
Brush
P&m Union
This isn't Tony Hillerman reality in Navajo police life
Reporter Nancy Watson details Navajo police officers real dangers contradicting Tony Hillerman fiction. Capt. Francis Bradley notes nine officer deaths since 1975, eight in line of duty and one by suicide. Veterans recount fear, radios failing, and delays in backup as they patrol isolated areas.
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Nancy Watson Starl
Window Rock
Tony Hillerman
Tony) Hillerman
Francis Bradley
Police
Toyon
Ariz
Hillerman
Sammy
Akeah
Letipp
DilGer
Kayenta
Loren Whitehat
Tuba City
Whitehat
Samuel’ Redhouse
Iyanbito
Dispatch
Henry
Redhouse
McKinley County Sheriff's
Larry Allen
Allen
The
Independent
Sam - See
Gallup High School caps 400 graduates in ceremony
Hundreds gathered at Gallup Public School Stadium as Gallup High School awarded diplomas to more than 400 seniors Friday evening. Principal Mike Butkovich read a student poem honoring Matt Padilla while Crystal Cox shared life lessons and senior reflections. Aldrich noted the four year journey from freshman to graduate as the class celebrated hard work and memories.
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Gallup
Gallup Public School
Gallup High School
Mike Butkovich
Matt Padilla
Crystal
Cox
Tohatchi High
Gallup Central H.S
Cyndi Lee
Mckayla Lee
Erica Spencer
Gallup High
Michael Fagans
Nicole Goodhue
Gas prices erratic in Gallup confusion breaks
Gasoline prices in Gallup on Friday ranged from 1.459 to 1.599 per gallon for regular un leaded, a spread puzzling local distributors. Mike Mataya of Texaco Distributing questioned how anyone could sell gasoline at 1.459, noting station managers meeting earlier that day. See Gas prices, page2.
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Bill Donovan
Gallup
Mike Mataya
Texaco
U.S
Tuba City road work to start early
Arizona State Transportation Board moved 500000 in design funds to next year for a 3 million dollar two mile expansion of Route 264 near Tuba City. Project adds lanes near Van's Trading Post, upgrades drainage along US 160, and removes a pedestrian overpass to widen shoulders. Work begins after June 1 2003 with no Navajo or Hopi reservation contracts.
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Kayenta
Tuba City
Arizona State Transportation Board
Flagstaff
Van‘s Trading Post
U.S. 160
Van's
Us, 160
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Weller
Ana
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Shiprock
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