Gallup Film Festival awarded 16K

The request and approval for Lodgers Tax money for the Gallup Film Festival was a bit more charged then these types of meeting usually are when the City Council met Aug. 8.

After the city’s Tourism and Marketing Manager Jennifer Lazarz finished presenting some marketing metrics, she then ceded the floor to Knifewing Segura to present his request for $50,000 in Lodgers Tax funds from the City Council for next month’s Gallup Film Festival.

Mayor Jackie McKinney said “this is highly irregular,” prior to Segura’s presentation.

The tension between Lazarz and Segura was evident immediately when instead of starting to present a proposal, Segura...

SANTA FE – State Auditor Tim Keller announced Aug. 16 that the Office of the State Auditor is set to award financial assistance to small political subdivisions across New Mexico.

The OSA will award grants to entities, such as acequias and soil and water conservation districts, to help them complete state audit requirements that bring transparency to public funds. Over the last three fiscal years, the OSA has awarded about $420,000 to 64 small, mostly rural entities in 19 different counties.

Helping entities become compliant with audit requirements allows entities to receive capital outlay funding and other state or federal assistance.

“A little help goes a long way in assisting...

Julie Kronhaus was a well-regarded estate planner with impressive training and credentials. She was a licensed attorney, a certified public accountant, and had earned a master’s degree in taxation. Unfortunately, she was also home-schooled in fraud.

Between 2009 and 2015, according to court records, Kronhaus defrauded clients and banks out of approximately $2.7 million. The Florida resident often acted as a trustee for her clients and held their money in bank accounts she controlled. With that access, she diverted money into her law firm’s bank accounts and used it to afford a lavish lifestyle that included clothes-buying sprees and regular trips to New York and Europe.

“She...

TWIN ARROWS-On Friday, Aug. 11, during the opening ceremony for the Moving Wall at the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino and Resort, President Russell Begaye welcomed home all Vietnam Veterans, reinforcing that they deserved an honorable homecoming for their service.

“Welcome home Vietnam Veterans. You were not welcomed home like you should have been,” President Begaye said. “We are thankful and grateful to each and every Vietnam Veteran that is here today and to those of the over 58,000 names on the wall.”

The Moving Wall is a half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. that travels across the country giving people the opportunity to see it in...