MacDonald speaks of year of freedom in Farmington
Former Navajo Nation chair Peter MacDonald, freed after Clinton commuted his sentence, drew 600 supporters at the Farmington Civic Center on Martin Luther King Day. He recalled prison days, thanked supporters, and urged unity as he read MLK passages and shared a cake.
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Clinton
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al. Clinton
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Tuba City
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Plane crash lands short of runway at Four Corners Airport
A single engine Cessna Cardinal landed short of the Four Corners Regional Airport runway, injuring two men aboard. Fire Chief Tom Burnhammer said both suffered multiple traumatic injuries and rescue crews freed them from the aircraft after 30 to 45 minutes using high angle rope equipment. They were transported to San Juan Regional Medical Center by ambulance. The airport sits on an elevated mesa, contributing to the incident.
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Four Corners
Tom Burnhammer
Burnhammer
San Juan Regional Medical Center
Brian McAchran
Debate over salvage logging in Sierra Nevada forests
Federal officials clash with environmentalists over postfire salvage logging in the Sierra Nevada. Dispute centers on whether removing fire killed and possibly dying trees reduces fire risk and promotes recovery or harms old growth habitat including California spotted owl nesting areas.
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Pacific Crest Trail
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John Muir Project
Hanson
Plumas
Lassen
Ed Cole
Lassen National Forest
Cole
Montana
Bitterroot National Forest
Phil Anne
California Forestry Association
United States
Aune
Future of Wrights Taliesin West institution tested
Taliesin West faces funding and leadership challenges as visits lag and layoffs shrink its design firm. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation trims budgets, while revenues from licensing lag and major exhibitions are scarce. Scottsdale eyes a $1.4 million expansion package tied to a visitors center and land easement with the preserve.
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Taliesin West Institution
Taliesin West
Nicholas Muller III
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Taliesin Preservation
Wisconsin
Taliesin Architects
Scottsdale
McDowell Sonoran
San Juan College Wins 200000 Grant for Oil and Gas Training
San Juan College in Farmington receives a $200000 grant from the New Mexico Department of Labor under the Workforce Investment Act to launch a petroleum industry training program. The project funds compressor repair, oil field well servicing certification, CDL, heavy equipment operation, and safety training with industry partners contributing rigs and facilities.
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San Juan College
State Department of Labor
Workforce Investment Act
New Mexico
Robert Taylor
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Public Service Company of
UNM to recruit homeless women for job readiness program
University of New Mexico psychologists will recruit about 100 homeless women over four years for intensive therapy at St. Martin's Hospitality Center. The program offers three to four months of free housing, daily therapy, and job coaching in word processing with escalating small rewards to boost retention.
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University of New Mexico
St. Martin's Hospitality Center
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