Tuba City fair-goers meet Arizona congressional candidates
Voters at the Western Navajo Fair in Tuba City met U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth and challenger Steve Owens amid a tight race noted as one of the closest in the nation. The district, with seven tribes including the Navajo Nation, has about 22 percent Native American voters. Hayworth and Owens debate 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Little America in Flagstaff.
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Tuba City
Arizona
Ariz
U.S
J.D. Hayworth
Steve Owens
Saturda
Hayworth
Owens
America
Navajo Nation
Hollywood
Robert Redford
Charlton Heston
Little America
Flagstaff
Jeff Breedlove
Department of Energy
Nevada
House
Senate
Yucca
Nev
Palo Verde
White House
BIA
Department of the Interior
Cobra gang member charged in stabbing incident
Fort Defiance Arizona 21 year old Cobra gang member Shay Milford faces attempted first degree murder charges after a stabbing at Rio Puerco Acres Fort Defiance. Police say victim Adrian Buahey sustained multiple stab wounds and was airlifted to a Albuquerque hospital in critical condition. FBI and Navajo investigators tied the incident to a confrontation with Cobra members the day before.
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Phoenix
Shay
Victor Cory Milford
Fort Defiance
Ariz
Milford
Cobra
FBI
Rio Puerco Acres
Adrian Buahey
Bitahey
Albuquerque
Mac Rominger
Darrell Boyer
Buahey
Cobra Gang
Shay Milford
French fry plant edging toward reality in Navajo Nation
U S Senator Jeff Bingaman announced that contracts were signed bringing together WAPA the Bureau of Reclamation and the Navajo Nation to provide low cost power for a planned six million pound per year Navajo grown potato french fry factory in New Mexico’s Four Corners region The $85 million plant would create up to 500 jobs and use about a third of the Navajo power allocation to pump water for the project
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Washington
U.S
Jeff Bingaman
D-Nm
Bingaman
Department of Energy
Western Area Power Adminstration
WAPA
Bureau of Reclamation
Navajo Nation
New Mexico
Four Corners
NAPI
NAP
Fam
Zuni Arts and Crafts Enterprise forms in the 1980s
A five part series begins with Zuni Arts and Crafts Enterprise origins. Jim Ostler, first general manager, explains intent to create a self supporting, independent market for Zuni art. The project aims to buffer artists from traders and ensure profits return to creators.
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Beginnings
Zuni ‘Arts and Crafts Enterprise
Malcolm Brenner
Gallup
Bordertown
Guild
Navajo Arts and Crafts Enterprise
NACE
Zuni
Chauncey Simplicio
Roger Tsebatseye
Department of Housing and Urban Employment
Ostler
Milford Nahohai
Vivian Johnson
Camille Mahooty
Gallup honors Domestic Violence Month vigil canceled by rain
A candlelight vigil for National End Domestic Violence Month was canceled by rain but a preceding march from the Gallup Police Department to the Gallup Cultural Center proceeded. Local police and sheriff deputies discuss victims’ fears, reporting barriers, and the need for support as every agency confronts 200 to 250 monthly domestic violence cases in McKinley County.
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Andrea Egger
Gallup
Gallup Cultural Center
Myrna Throckmorton
Battered Families Services
Throckmorton
New Mexico
McKinley County Sheriff's Department
John Yearley
Yearley
Cook
McKinley County
Sheriff's Department
Gallup Police
HS Vie Lee
Donovan
Gallup ‘Cultural Center
Kelly Lufkins
Shannon Lufkins
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Feds
Vail
Donovan Quintero
Gallup Junior High
Vie
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