WASHINGTON, D.C. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Navajo Nation Washington Office Executive Director Lashawna Tso met with the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Martin J. Walsh, and Tribal Liaison Jack Jackson, Jr. in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14 to coordinate the implementation of federal funding and identify additional...News
Nez meets with U.S. Secretary of Labor to advance workforce development initiatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Navajo Nation Washington Office Executive Director Lashawna Tso met with the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Martin J. Walsh, and Tribal Liaison Jack Jackson, Jr. in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14 to coordinate the implementation of federal funding and identify additional...State reduces paperwork for teachers by 41%
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Sept. 12 that the Public Education Department has completed an overhaul of reporting requirements, trimming 34% from administrative work required of school districts and charter schools across New Mexico and cutting teacher paperwork by 41%.This fulfills an executive order issued May 23 by Lujan Grisham to reduce the administrative burden for teachers and school administrators by 25% by the start of the 2022-23 school year.
“Less time spent on paperwork means more time that educators have to spend quality time teaching our students,” Lujan Grisham said. “By easing burdens for educators and administrators, we are ensuring they...
More than 1 million fentanyl pills found in Albuquerque
The Albuquerque FBI Violent Gang Task Force executed 16 federal search warrants in various locations in Albuquerque and at Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center on Sept. 1 as part of an ongoing RICO/VICAR investigation targeting violent street and prison gangs.More than a dozen federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including SWAT teams from the Albuquerque, Denver, and El Paso FBI field offices, participated in what could be the largest ever fentanyl takedown in New Mexico.
“We don’t do anything in isolation here in New Mexico,” Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda of the Albuquerque FBI Division said. “We work everything in cooperation with our...
Drunk driver becomes violent, damages police car
A man was driving drunk and became violent with police when they pulled him over. He also damaged a police car.On Aug. 29, around 9 am, Gallup Police Officer Alana Bradley was driving eastbound on Highway 66 near the intersection of Second Street when she noticed a gray car driving westbound on Highway 66 try to make a left hand turn onto Second Street, which is one-way street.
Bradley was able to pull the vehicle over, and when he pulled the car over, the driver, who was identified as Alexander Grebb, stuck his head out the window. When Bradley approached him and explained why she’d pulled him over, Grebb, 31, said he was sorry. When Bradley asked for his license, registration, and...
Missing endangered runaway
The Gallup Police Department is asking for assistance from the public locating Tyesha Yuselew, 14, of Gallup. She is 5’6” tall, weighs 100 lbs., and has short black hair with green, orange and red colored highlights.
She was last seen at 1904 Mossman Ave. on Sept. 8, around 2 am She was last seen wearing khaki pants and a black t-shirt with a design on it. She had on black high-top shoes with yellow laces on one shoe, and white laces on the other. She has a yellow bracelet on her left arm with scars along her wrists.
If you have information on the whereabouts of Tyesha Yuselew, contact the GPD at (505) 726-5466 or dial 911.
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