No more chicken fights upheld ban in Cibola County
Cibola County commissioners upheld the 13year ban on cockfighting, rejecting a bid to lift the 1987 prohibition. The vote occurred before a packed Convention Center as supporters and opponents argued, with local officials stressing animal and public safety.
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Tam Purtomiff
Grants
Cibola
County “Commission
Bill Dawson
Manuel Lujan
Cibola County
Dawson
Lujan
Steve Hayden
Commission
Cibola County Convention Center
Ken Martinez
D-Grants
Tammy Small
Hector Sena
Zuni Mountain Game Club
San Rafael
Nicole Goodhue
Flying feathers attract national news in Cibola County
NBC crews chase a cockfighting controversy centered at the Zuni Mountain Game Club near San Rafael after Raton contractor Steve Hayden bought the venue for 30000 and sparked a county clash over legality. Hayden sought publicity but then recanted, while investigators probe illegal activity and public officials weigh a potential lawsuit.
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NBC
I-40
Cibola County
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Zuni Mountain
Manuel Lujan
Hayden
Sheriff's Department
Independent
Tom Purdém
Group asks NHA chief to resign
Chester Carl executive director of the Navajo Housing Agency faces pressure from about 200 residents amid allegations of misuse of 97 million in federal funds and 90 thousand from local coffers. At a Fruitland meeting the petition requests an independent audit and investigation by HUD or another designated agency, plus Carl’s suspension pending action.
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Gallup
Chester Carl
Navajo Housing Agency
Upper
Fruitland
Carl
Ojo Amarillo Housing Management
NHA
Navajo Reservation
HUD
Nation Oversight Committee
Attorney ‘General's Office
Truck crash kills man on New Mexico highway
A Rocking farming man died Friday night when his 1999 International semi was struck head on at 75 mph by a northbound 1997 Ford Ranger driven by Frank H. Silversmith Jr. of Becenti. Alcohol listed as involved. The crash occurred near Mile Post 51.5 on Route 371. Crownpoint fight leads to federal case for a juvenile. four youths and an adult jailed after a melee in North Valley subdivision. Victim Alexis Ellsworth, 20, Crownpoint, treated for head injuries.
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Rock
Farmington
Mile Post
New ‘Mexico
New Mexico
Frank H. Silversmith Jr
Navajo Housing Authority
Becenti
Robert
Shiprock
Crownpoint
Navajo
Criminal Investigations ‘Department
Tohatchi
FBI
Gallup
Alexis Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Crownpoint Indian Health Service
Gallup board approves stricter standards for promotion
Gallup-McKinley County School Board voted to apply state grade level standards to promote students. The policy changes require eighth to eleventh graders to meet standards to avoid one year retention, with twelfth graders needing standards to graduate. Remedial courses longer school days and stronger parent conferences may be used to aid struggling students.
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Gallup
Gallup-McKinley County
GMCS
Robert Gomez
New Lee Board
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Kit Morales
Morales
Raton
S. J.ludescher ‘Statt ‘Writer
North Valley
Zarana Sanghani
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