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City Council moves to cancel 2020 Best of the Best Rodeo

Friday, 03 July 2020 01:53 By Cody Begaye Sun Correspondent

Coming off the heels of WildThing Championship Bullriding being canceled, another big summer gathering in Gallup has been taken off the schedule.

During their April 28 meeting, the Gallup City Council motioned to cancel the 2020 Best of the Best Rodeo for its original June date with a potential reschedule planned for August following the conclusion of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial.

However, Jennifer Lazarz, tourism and marketing manager for the City of Gallup, said at the council’s June 23 meeting, the circumstances impacting the rodeo’s potential new date have escalated in the past two months. As a result, the city recommended canceling the event entirely for the calendar...

Pandemic claims a Milan restaurant

Friday, 03 July 2020 01:52 By Dominic Aragon Sun Correspondent

MILAN, N.M. — The best pan-fried trout and mixed berry pie in all of Cibola County are now history thanks to COVID-19.

The Wow Diner in Milan officially shut its doors on June 14, ending a 14-year run for the restaurant.

“COVID-19 hurt us, when we had to start doing takeout. And then, just keeping employees. A lot of them did not want to come back to work, and a lot of them did not show up,” owner Stephanie Rivard said. “It was really hard to try and stay open.”

The retro-style diner temporarily closed on March 18 after Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham announced dine-in services for restaurants were suspended, but reopened April 7 for carry-out orders.

Early in June, Rivard...

Family Dollar doesn’t mix with liquor

Friday, 03 July 2020 01:47 Staff Reports

Navajo Nation leaders oppose license application

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer issued a letter to the Arizona State Liquor Board and the Apache County Board of Supervisors June 23, in which they expressed strong opposition to the Family Dollar store’s notice of application to sell alcohol in their store located on fee land in the community of St. Michaels, Ariz.

Fee land is reservation land no longer in trust or subject to restriction. It can refer to reservation land owned by non-Natives.

In the letter, Nez and Lizer mentioned the difficulties Navajo People have had with alcohol and said, “This application poses a...

Funeral service for fallen Navajo Police Department Officer Michael Lee

Friday, 03 July 2020 01:46 Staff Reports

CHINLE, Ariz. — The funeral service for Navajo Police Department Officer Michael Lee was held June 25 at The Potter’s House Christian Center in Chinle, Ariz.

The Navajo Police Department assisted the family in the planning and coordination of the service. The family of Officer Lee put the safety and wellbeing of everyone wishing to pay their respects foremost in its plans.

“Officer Lee was adamant about keeping family members safe during this pandemic.… Planning a service under these circumstances is difficult, but with the heart Officer Lee had for his family and community, he would want everyone to be safe,” Chief Phillip Francisco said.

The service was limited to...

CARES Act funding ruling receives accolades

Friday, 03 July 2020 01:46 Staff Reports

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer applaud U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta’s recent ruling ordering the final distribution of the remaining $679 million in federal CARES Act funding be released to Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation.

On June 15, Judge Mehta ruled that the U.S. Treasury Department’s withholding of CARES Act funding intended to assist Native American Nations in their fight against COVID-19, created an unreasonable delay and is no longer acceptable during a time of unprecedented public health crisis and that there is “no court order preventing” the Treasury Department from releasing the...