CrossRoads Cycling Tour riders reach Gallup during 50 day trek
Bill Donovan reports that 56 bicyclists on the CrossRoads Cycling Tour stopped in Gallup around 3:30 pm Tuesday as part of a 3,420 mile journey from Los Angeles to Boston. The group aims to raise funds for YMCA programs and charities, with sponsors in Lebanon, Pennsylvania contributing per mile and a daily radio update from Mesics and teammates.
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Bill Donovan
Gallup
Los Angeles
Boston
America
Jo@ Mesics
Tom Carmody
YMCA
Lebanon
Mesics
Navajo Officer in Hantavirus Critical Condition
A 36-year-old Navajo tribal police officer, unnamed, remained in critical condition on life support at an Albuquerque hospital after contracting hantavirus. Capt. Daniel K. Thomas said colleagues are affected, as officials investigate potential exposure over the past four weeks with no sure source. Health workers aim to locate contact points and clean affected areas since inhaling rodent-borne virus vapors causes infection.
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Gallup
Albuquerque
Daniel K. Thomas
Crownpoint
Thomas
Fire near Cove on Navajo Nation prompts open burn ban
A May 14 forest fire started by children at a Nelly Benally family picnic North of Cove on Apache County Route 120 required quick help from relatives nearby. The wind carried embers uphill, burning about 1.5 to 2 acres but causing no injuries or structures to burn, and was contained with minimal damage near the Arizona New Mexico border. Four relatives identified as Billy John Begay Edison Benally Kyle Loudhawk and a younger brother assisted in extinguishing the blaze.
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Navajo Nation
Arizona
New Mexico
Nelly Benally
Cove
Apache County
Billy John Begay
the Cove Church
Edison Benally
Kirtland
Kyle ‘Loudhawk
Tokatchi
Bitsci
Nozie
Bitsoi
Teacher faces battery charges at To’hatchi High School
At To’hatchi High in Gallup McKinley County, teacher Lucinda Bitsoi faces criminal battery charges after alleged assaults on administrator Alberto Nozie and a student. The district probe led to Bitsoi’s suspension, later reinstatement, with ongoing employee due process and no court date set. Bitsoi, a 10-year staffer, defends her work and ties personal issues to events.
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Tohatchi
Gallup-McKinley County Schools’ Administration
Paula Garcia
Crownpoint Police Department
Tohatchi High School
Lucinda Bitsoi
Princi
Pal Alberto Nozie
Bitsoi
Nozie
the Independent
Crownpoint District Court
Garcia
Vandals wage sign war in Grants and nearby for Eichwald
GRANTS, NM district attorney candidate George P. Eichwald reports widespread vandalism of his campaign signs across Cibola Valencia and Sandoval counties. Large 4 by 8 signs are smashed or stolen, and smaller plastic signs are stamped or removed, forcing replacements. Eichwald vows to enforce laws and run a courtroom district attorney.
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George P. Eichwald
Public Defender
Los Lunas
13Th Judicial District
Cuba
N.M
Eichwald
13Th
Cibola
Valencia
Sandoval
Hichwald
Los ‘Lunas
Corrales
George P Eichwald
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Diné
Shiprock
Geen Peut
S.J. Ludescher
City of
Grants
East Santa Fe Avenue
Grants High School
Santa Fe Avenue
Rio Rancho
Tom Purdo
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