White powder suspended county workers in May
McKinley County suspended two employees for ten days after a report of a pile of white powder in the assessor s office printing room. Deputies found powder residue on equipment. cocaine test was inconclusive due to small sample. Authorities cited employee confidentiality. names withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
McKinsey County
David Hoes
Herbert, Dennerlein
Jerome Smith
Assessor
McKinley County
Dennerlein and Smith
Hoes
George Justice
Justice
Native American Appreciation Day in Gallup
More than 10 000 Native Americans are expected to attend Gallup's 12th annual Native American Appreciation Day next Saturday. The event features games, food, music, dancing and fireworks with most activities free except the pow wow. Budget is about 120000 dollars. Barbara Mathews of the Gallup Chamber of Commerce has led organization since February.
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Gallup
Ellis’ Tan
Ner
Barbara Mathews
Gallup Chamber of Commerce
Canteen tale links Gallup widow to distant kindness
A Gallup woman receives a package from a retired Atlanta professor, a gift connected to a long past action in World War II. The tale traces back 58 years to April on the Bataan Peninsula and a 24 year old Gallup soldier, Carlo A. Menini, with the 200th Coast Artillery of the New Mexico National Guard.
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Gallup
Atlanta
Bataan
Philippines
Carlo A. Menini
200Th Coast Artillery
New Mexico National Guard
Eva Jane Matson
Bertha Menini
National Guard
Albuquerque
Menini
Gallup man jailed for shaking infant to death in 1999
Zarana Sanghani Statt Wiile reports that a Gallup man, Joe Chavez, received a 15 year sentence after pleading guilty to a second-degree felony for shaking his three month old son Damian Burrola to death on April 7, 1999. Prosecutors and law enforcement described the case as murder in their impact statements.
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Gallup
Joe Baca
Chavez
Damian Burrola
Josephine Chavez
Mary Helen ‘Baber
Damian
Art Burrola
Burrola
Joe Chavez
Heather Williams
Rehoboth
McKinley Christian Hospital
University of New Mexico Hospital
Albuquerque
AMCH
Baber
Gross abuse of funds at Mariano Lake School
Navajo Nation Education Committee discusses the troubled Mariano Lake Community School in executive session. A resolution circulated seeks to return management to the BIA while considering future control and funding for MLCS programs.
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Mariano Lake
Window Rock
Navajo Nation Education Committee
Andy Ayre
Jeff Tom
Navajo Nation
LeVon Henry
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Office of Indian Education Programs
BIA
Mlcs School ‘Board
Memorial Day refuse collection and school mismanagement notice
Regular residential and commercial refuse collection occurs on Memorial Day. A detailed resolution notes OIEP oversight and immediate takeover. A Navajo Nation review cites gross mismanagement and waste of federal funds at a school labeled high risk, requiring detailed quarterly budgets. meanwhile Gallup Parks opens the Neighborhood Center Outdoor Pool Monday through Saturday.
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Bia-Oiep
OIEP
Tom
BIA
Navajo Nation
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Zarana Sanghan
Dennerlein
Smith
Doug Decker
Nancy Watson
Diné Bureau
Canteen
Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Michael Fagans
Carlo Menini
Zarana Sanghani Statt Wiile
S.J. Ludischer
City of
Parks & Recreation Dept
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