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Eagles Soar
America’s iconic bald eagles have recovered from the brink of extinction brought on by the once-widespread use of the pesticide DDT half a century ago. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the national symbol now numbers nearly 317,000 individual birds with an estimated...
First case of Hantavirus detected in McKinley County
The news on Wednesday night follows an announcement about the case made on April 19 by the Nation.
Del Yazzie, an epidemiologist with the Navajo Epidemiology Center with the indian health agency, said the individual is resting and being treated at University of New Mexico, but he probably would not have an update on the condition of the person by April 22, before Gallup Sun's press time.
Yazzie said that as of now, the Navajo Nation is not aware of any...
FBI asks for public's help
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Albuquerque Field Office is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the circumstances surrounding the death of Medardo Gutierrez-Lopez, a citizen of Mexico.
Gutierrez-Lopez’s birthdate is listed as June 8, 1989 in Oaxaca, Mexico. He is listed as White, Hispanic and Mexican.
On July 6, 2020, Gutierrez-Lopez was found deceased near the frontage road north of Interstate 40 and east of Exit 33 in Fort Wingate, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation. The cause of death is undetermined.
If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
Popular hydrologist dies
He had earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from St. Joseph’s College in Indiana, and always said that, having grown up on the reservation, he had a natural instinct for knowing where the best spots to drill a good well might be.
Shorty, whose team had successfully drilled hundreds of water wells on the reservation, was featured in the prize-winning documentary “The Navajos Water The Desert,” filmed in the 1960’s by Hollywood’s Hanna Barbera Studios.
Several stories about the making of that film are...
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