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Milk Mustache

Mar 20, 2010 9:50 pm

ALBUQUERQUE The National got milk? Milk Mustache Mobile Tour is crossing the country and will be in Albuquerque, March 20-22, hosing free local events that feature a variety of fun and educational ac...

Ed Jones Jr.

Mar 20, 2010 9:50 pm

WAPANUCKA, Okla. Funeral services for Ed Poodle Jones Jr., 84, were 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 16, at Clark Funeral Chapel. The Rev. J.D. Leavelle officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Wapanucka,...

Agriculture program sowing the seeds of self reliance

Mar 20, 2010 9:49 pm

FORT DEFIANCE The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program held this week at Fort Defiance Chapter House didnt exactly pack em in. But any farmer will tell you that the most bountiful harvest...

Gallup group hopes to land solar power plan

Mar 20, 2010 9:35 pm

Jean Martinez Welles explains to Ingrid Patten, 10, about the items that are cooking in her solar oven in this Nov. 3 2007, file photo. The oven was one of a couple of features at the annual Gallup Re...

Forgotten People of Black Falls in dire straits

Mar 20, 2010 9:35 pm

LEUPP The smell of homemade fry bread wafted through the one-room house in Black Falls as dozens of people sat in mismatched chairs on a dirt floor. Many who stood and spoke needed a translator to ge...

Performance review delayed until April 13

Mar 20, 2010 9:35 pm

WINDOW ROCK A public hearing on the performance evaluation of Navajo Nation Supreme Court Chief Justice Herb Yazzie has been moved to April 13. The public hearing had previously been scheduled for Ma...

Forgotten People of Black Falls in dire straits

Mar 20, 2010 9:34 pm

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Marlene Jameson

Mar 19, 2010 6:05 pm

ALBUQUERQUE Services for Marlene Jameson, 55, will be 1 p.m., Friday, March 19, at Rollie Mortuary. Jimmie A. Etcitty will officiate. Burial will be in Gallup City Cemetery.

Resignation leaves magistrate court short-handed By Bill Donovan Independent correspondent

Mar 19, 2010 6:05 pm

GALLUP John Carey, who has become almost an institution in Gallup as a magistrate court judge, resigned on Tuesday evening shortly after he filed his candidacy for McKinley County Commission District...

U.S. asked to support indigenous issues

Mar 19, 2010 6:05 pm

WINDOW ROCK Navajo Nation Council Delegate Rex Lee Jim who is also a medicine man did a house blessing the other day at a new home in Monument Valley.