Red ribbons fight drugs across New Mexico and Navajo Nation
Community leaders in Gallup and the Navajo Nation marked Red Ribbon Week highlighting drug and alcohol avoidance. Elaine Stam helped raise 25,000 for ribbons in Gallup-McKinley and Zuni districts while schools held assemblies, film viewings, and poster contests. Navajo Nation distributed more than 60,000 ribbons with a weeklong lineup including a roadblock and a student march. total week funding neared 60,000 with donations from Indian Health Service hospitals and local businesses.
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Gallup
New Mexico
Red Ribbon
Elaine Stam
Stam
Sunwest Bank
Gallup- McKinley County
Zuni
National Guard
Circles of Hope
Red Rock
Chip Maurer
Maurer
Peggy Johnson
Gallup-McKinley County
Johnson
James Sandoval
Crownpoint
Fort Defiance
Window Rock
Sandoval
Indian Health Service
Grants renters get funding in Grants Valley
Grants area residents needing rent help may receive subsidies soon as the Grants Housing Authority secures 25 HUD vouchers. Executive director Pam Mirabal says the 25 rental subsidies target families qualifying for three bedroom dwellings. Total 12 month funding for Cibola County approaches $136,000 with a 91 family wait list.
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Charlotte Fellers
Grants Housing Authority
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Pam Mirabal
Mirabal
Cibola County
Navajo Nation Council schedules special session on election and ethics
A Navajo Nation special session is set for Tuesday as 52 delegates sign a petition seeking to delay the November 6 presidential election and examine the legislative counsel and press officer. The agenda may include other unlisted items. debate hinges on ethics, notice, and the council’s authority.
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Dine Bureau
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Nation Council
Council
Claudeen Bates Arthur
Duane Reyal
Navajo Board of Election Supervisors
MacDonald- Haskie
Beyal
MacDonald-Haskie
Robert French
Office of Ethics and Rules
Arthur
French
Ethics and Rules Committee
Benjamin Curley
Curley
Time change brings unified time to Navajo Nation in Arizona
Western Bureau reports Tuba City, Arizona will align with others as the Navajo Nation adopts standard time this Sunday. After six months of split zones, most areas reset clocks at 2 a.m. and Arizona remains unchanged except for the Navajo and Hopi areas.
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Tuba City
Ariz
New Mexico
Arizona
Red Rock bonds on ballot for park and senior centers
Santa Fe bureau reports New Mexico voters will consider six bond proposals totaling 49.2 million on November 6 to fund projects including Red Rock State Park expansion for a Convention Center. Bonds issued by the state would be repaid by statewide property taxes.
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Kate McGraw
Santa.Fe Bureau _ SANTA
Red Ri State Park
New Mexico
Dominico Ferrari
D Gallup
Red . Rock State Park
Manuelito Center
Albert Shirley
Church Rock
Blanco Center
Budget Plan Passed by House Amid Deficit Fight
The House approved a nearly 250 billion dollar deficit-reduction package with a 228 to 200 vote, backed by President Bush and Democratic leaders. The bill shifts tax burdens onto the well-to-do, trims Medicare, and limits farm subsidies to curb the deficit by about 496 billion over five years, drawing mixed Republican and Democratic reactions.
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Jim Luther
Associated Press
Washington
Bush
House
Senate
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
House Budget Committee
Dan Rostenkowski
Dill
Craig James
R-Fia
Robert Michell
Illinois
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Finance Committee
Rich District Judge Joseph Retention Committee Message
A terse note references Judge Joseph and the Rich District Judge Division AI with committees funding their retention. Names Eileen Adcock and Treos appear in the message amid mentions of judicial structure and campaign support. The fragment signals a local effort to keep Judge Joseph in the Eleventh Judicial District.
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MOTE
Joseph
Rich
Eleventh Judicial
Eileen
Adcock
Treos
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Tobe Turpen Trading. CO
Frank Bond
Gallup Libra
Lonnie Kings
Little Sisters of the Poor
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