ALBUQUERQUE – Alton Jay Cowboy, 48, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., pled guilty April 5, in federal court in Albuquerque, to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.





SORNA, also known as the Adam Walsh Protection and Safety Act, requires that a convicted sex offender register in each jurisdiction where the offender resides, where the offender is employed, or where the offender is a student, and that the sex offender maintain current registrations.



Cowboy was charged by indictment on Feb. 27, with violating SORNA by failing to update his sex offender registration from April 4, 2017 through Dec. 27, 2017, in...

Repairs to the senior center among items GREENLIGHTED

The March 27 regular meeting of the Gallup City Council was conducted with three of the four city councilors. Councilor Yogash Kumar was excused from the proceedings.

The meeting began with the presentation of commendations and awards to winners of the 2018 Water and Energy Awareness Day T-shirt design contest.

Mayor Jackie McKinney greeted those present.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have a great opportunity again tonight to start off our meeting on a really good note,” he said. “This is going to be a presentation on commendations and awards.”

The contest was for elementary students and promoted water and energy awareness...

New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in January 2018, down from 6.0 percent in December and 6.5 percent a year ago. The national unemployment rate was 4.1 percent, unchanged from December and down from 4.8 percent in January 2017, according to information from the New Mexico Department of Work Force Solutions.

In McKinley County, the unemployment rate for January was 8.2 percent, a slight increase from December 2017, which was 7.9 percent. There is a lag in reporting the data due to end-of-the-year compilations.

“I’d say the data is consistent with like data from around the state,” Tracy Shaleen, an economist focusing on the work force, said. “I...

Diné College claims first, second

place honors

BISMARK, N.D. — Diné College had three teams come away with first and second place honors at the annual conference of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, participants said.

Additionally, Aaron Lee, a junior from Low Mountain, Ariz., majoring in psychology, was elected student congress president of the organization. A group of 21 students from Diné College traveled to Bismarck, N.D., to participate in everything from meetings to academic contests to networking opportunities with fellow tribal colleges and universities.

“I think it was a both a fun trip and a learning trip,” Lee said. Lee is an eight-year veteran...