14 year old Kyle Johnson charged with stabbing man in Gallup
Williams Acres juvenile Kyle Johnson, 14, was arrested after stabbing Duane Medicinecrow, 46, in the shoulder with a kitchen knife. Johnson faces felony counts of attempted homicide and tampering with evidence, plus misdemeanors for drinking as a minor and resisting officers. Medicinecrow, intoxicated, was treated and jailed on unrelated bench warrants.
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Gallup
Williams Acres
Kyle Johnson
McKinley County
Regina Benally
Trevor-Smith
Rudy
Lee
Night patrol in Zuni Mountains hunts for poachers
In the Zuni Mountains a team of New Mexico Game and Fish officers led by Chadwick and Birkhauser patrols nightworks to nab poachers using spotlights. Officers from Cibola, McKinley, San Juan, Catron and Socorro counties employ decoys and roadblocks to counter theft of elk deer and other game.
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Zuni Mountains
Mark Birkhauser
Chris Chadwick
Chadwick
State Game and Fish Department
Birkhauser
Game and Fish Officers
Cibola
McKinley
San Juan
Catron
Socorro
Game and Fish Department
Mice panic at Pine Hill Elementary prompts week of home schooling
Parents in Pine Hill Elementary kept children home amid reports of mice in the school and fecal matter spread. Classes were canceled on Oct 12 due to muddy grounds, then continued closures with no clear explanation. Rumors linked sightings to hantavirus, recalling three local deaths from the illness. Health officials denied recent admissions or cases, while inquiries found no formal notice to parents about the incidents.
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Pine Hill
Pine’ Hill Elementary
Pine Hill Health Clinic
UNM Nursing program to wind down after board vote
The State Board of Nursing voted to close UNM Gallup Nursing Program in December but allow current students to complete their studies. Two classes will run in spring, a final class in summer, with no new admissions. The board urges faculty continuity and Gallup health providers to support the teaching-out plan.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico-Gallup
State Board of Nursing
UNMG
Gallup
Sharon Souter
Navajo Nation Council calls two day special session
Navajo Nation Council will meet November 13 and 14 in a two day special session to finish actions left from the fall meeting. The budget dispute over travel funds for Division Director Dwayne Boone and Deputy Harald Bahe remains unresolved after strong opposition from the division and Budget-Finance Committee. Several fall agenda items carry over to the winter session January 22 to 26, with tribal law limiting actions to regular sessions. A list of pending matters includes reappropriating 57 465 from last year to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Rock
Navajo Nation Council
Edward T. Begay
Human Services Committee
Human Services Division
Window Rock
Dwayne Boone
Harald Bahe
Tribal Environmental Protection Agency
Navajo Council
Gallup Performing Arts to appear on state TV show
Gallup Performing Arts Academy students join eight performers for a statewide television program about underage drinking prevention. Albuquerque Channel 13 airs the Underage Drinking Town Hall Meeting Sunday October 22 from 4 to 5 p.m. Host team includes Patricia Madrid Marvin Johnson Deanna Saucedo with about 50 students from across New Mexico.
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Gallup
Performing ‘Arts Academy
Albuquerque
Channel 13
Patricia Madrid
Marvin Johnson
Deanna Saucedo
New Mexico
Alicia Billy
Alysyn Byons
Nik Byons
Elenacruz Estorga
Lyle Griffith
Molly Maguire- Marshall
John Paul Samora
Emily Samora
Rosanne Groger
Gallup Arega Arts Council
Arts Academy
New Mexico Town Hall
Washington, D.C
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Kyle. Johnson
Tanya
Brazil
McKinley County Sheriff's
John Trevor-Smith
Medicine Crew
Jett Jones
Serena Willie
Willie
Gallup Jr. High
Moriarity
Estes
Tom Purdom
Unm-Nursing
Zarana Sanghani
By Jim Maniaci
Dine’ Bureau
Pendleton Shawls & Robes
Shush Yaz Trading
Hwy
L.d‘'S
Church of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
Susan Ave
Gallup Performing Arts
Elizabet Sperci
Jardin
Anthony Reed
Gallup Performing Arts Academy
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