Thriftway eviction sparks fear of consequences
Shiprock Navajo Nation leaders and Thriftway officials warned that evicting the chain from tribal sites could trigger job losses and financial fallout. They cited 175 Bureau of Indian Affairs positions, $265,000 in annual rent, and a $7,150,000 replacement cost. Gas fueling by 1,500 tribal vehicles monthly would shift locations, affecting welfare beneficiaries and families relying on Thriftway services.
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Shiprock
Thriftway Corp
Navajo Nation
Thriftway
RJ. Dalley
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Dalley
Zunis turn trash into cash
Zuni-Ahry Edaakié and other Zuni residents with disabilities operate a recycling center that transforms cans into funds for the pueblo. Since 1989 Zuni Entrepreneurial Enterprises has provided services and training, with Larry Alflen directing the programs since 1990. About a dozen clients work at the center north of the Public Health Service hospital in Black Rock, turning waste into purpose.
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Malcolm Brenner
Zuni
Ahry
Edaakié
Gary
ZEE Inc
Zuni Entrepreneurial Enterprises
Pueblo
Larry Alflen
Danielle Lesansee
Public Health Service
Black Rock
Zunis
Gallup Homecoming Egging Ends Without Injury
Gallup High School football players used Homecoming week as an excuse to throw six dozen eggs from the El Morro Theater roof on Coal Avenue. Officers found 17-year-old players on the roof with broken eggs, none injured and no property damage reported after they were ordered down.
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Gallup
el Morro: ‘Theater
Police’ Department
Cers
el Morro
Coal Avenue
Gallup High
Gily Jace
Vaughn Smith
Jones Ranch
Gallup High School
Elks Lodge
Gurley
Navajo Spirit Journey Starts With Forest Lake Grant
Forest Lake in Kayenta District will launch the Navajo Spirit Journey distance learning project after receiving a nearly $500000 Rural Electrification Administration grant. The Kayenta district adds $1.1 million in local funds to support telecommunications upgrades for isolation rural residents.
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Kayent
A. Ariz
Forest Lake
Kayenta Unified School District
U.S. Rural Electrification Administration
Pea
Kayenta district brings school to students with new LOD system
Kayenta Unified School District 27 in Arizona aims to deliver lessons to students via Learning On Demand Interactive. The $1.6 million project, led by John Scarbrough and Brad Sousa, will use a microwave network so students in remote areas can learn without leaving Kayenta. Later plans include patient doctor interactions between Forest Lake and Kayenta.
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Kayenta
Ariz
Kayenta Unified
John Scarbrough
Scarbrough
Educational Technology Associates
Sedona
Brad Sousa
Icon Networks
San Diego
Sousa
Forest’ Lake
Navajo
Fire Prevention Week Open House Hosted by Gallup Fire Dept
Gallup Fire Department kicks off Fire Prevention Week with an open house Sunday noon to 4 pm at all stations and events at Rio West Mall. The theme Watch What You Hear comes from the National Fire Protection Association. A week of activities includes a mall display from 10 am to 9 pm with free pencils and rulers.
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Gallup
National’ Fire Protection. Association
Vention
Gallup Fire Department
Rio West
South Side
Second Street
Nizhoni
North Side
Maloney Avenue
East Side
Wilson, St
Aztec Avenue
West Side
66Th Avenue
Perry DiPomazio
Signatures Needed in County for Sunday Liquor Vote
Gallup McKinley County may follow Gallup in calling for a Sunday package liquor sale vote. Pastor Jay McCollum says he will secure the 1,600 signatures needed to trigger a county referendum. The city petition had 1,191 signatures. the goal was 830. The city vote is set for October 17, with McCollum predicting a decisive win amid local concerns over public drunkenness.
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Gallup
McKinley County
Jay McCollum
First Baptist Church
McCollum
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Zuni Recycling Center
Gary Edaakie
Zuni Entrepreneurial Enterprises, Inc
Mary Wicoff
Western Bureau
Fin
Don Annstron
Grants
Kirstie Pilcher
Santa Fe
Jaguars
Audrey
Joe
Cydia Pena
Pirates
Body Coal Co
Navajo Communications Co
Alltel
Christine Barber
Gallup New Mexico
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