LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Sen. Jeff Steinborn, D-N.M., the Chair of New Mexico’s Legislative Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Interim Committee, sent letters April 3 to Gov. Susana Martinez, Attorney General Hector Balderas, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the state superintendent of insurance requesting answers to concerns about the State’s preparedness for safely handling a proposed nuclear waste storage facility in Lea County.

Operators of the planned facility seek to transport and store spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants and other high level nuclear waste from across the U.S.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently approved the application for...

Diné College Psychology Prof is Former High School Track and Field Star

TSAILE, Ariz. — Running track and field in high school was nothing short of success for Bruce Bradway, a U.S. Air Force veteran and currently a professor of psychology at Diné College.

Bradway, who is originally from Muncie, Ind., was inducted into the Daleville High School Athletic Hall of Fame in Muncie, where he was a member of the school’s track and field team. Bradway ran the mile relay—and set a school record, which is still considered one of the fastest in the history of the school.

“We set the record in 1967—more than 50 years ago,” Bradway said recently. “We were the first athletes to be...

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...