Still higher than the national rate
New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in November, down from 6.5 percent in October and down from 8.5 percent in the previous year. The national unemployment rate in November was 4.2 percent, down from 4.6 percent in October and down from 6.7 percent in Nov. 2020.
Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 38,000 jobs, or 4.8 percent, between Nov. 2020 and Nov. 2021. All gains came from the private sector, which was up 39,400 jobs, or 6.4 percent.
The public sector was down 1,400 jobs, or 0.8 percent. Most private sector gains were in the private service-providing industries, which were up 31,500 jobs, or 6.0...
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Representation matters
Camille’s Teacher of the Month Award goes to a teacher who focuses on Indigenous studentsEach month, Camille’s Sidewalk Café recognizes one local teacher within the Gallup area for his or her determination to help students go above and beyond. Prospective teachers are nominated by students who feel they should be recognized. This month, Zowie Banteah of Zuni Shiwi Tsana Elementary School is the recipient of the Teacher of the Month award.
Banteah teaches fourth grade at the elementary school and has been a teacher for almost 19 years.
In an interview with the Sun, Banteah said she became a teacher because she wanted to give back to her community.
“I’ve always felt it was...
New unit established to help solve Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives cases
ALBUQUERQUE — Hoping to reunite and heal families, Navajo Nation First Lady Phefelia Nez, 24th Navajo Nation Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty were among those in attendance when the establishment of a sub-unit was announced to solve cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives.A press conference Dec. 16 in Albuquerque to offer support for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico Indian Affairs Department Secretary Lynn A. Trujillo, and the Second Judicial District Attorney Raúl Torrez, as they signed a memorandum of understanding creating the sub-unit under the Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office Crime Strategies Unit in Bernalillo...
Will Navajo People receive a second hardship assistance check?
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty of the 24th Navajo Nation Council introduced Emergency Legislation No. 0263-21 to allocate $207 million of Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Funds to provide a second hardship assistance check for the Navajo people. This will be considered by the Navajo Nation Council during a special session before Christmas.The bill also approves the Hardship Assistance Expenditure Plan that will have legislative oversight by the Budget and Finance Committee and administrative oversight by the Nez-Lizer Administration.
According to the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, individuals do not have to reapply for the second allocation of...
Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World
Week ending Friday, December 17, 2021Arctic Alarm
A new NOAA report warns that the loss of sea ice, thawing permafrost and the melting of Greenland’s ice cap due to human-caused climate change are part of an “alarming and undeniable” trend in climate change. The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than the rest of the planet. The report coincided with the UN World Meteorological Organisation’s confirmation that the previous summer’s all-time record Arctic heat of 38 degrees Celsius was accurate. The reading at the Siberian community of Verkhoyansk on June 20, 2020, was the result of an exceptional and prolonged Siberian heat wave, which was accompanied by expansive...
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