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Water reaches the communities

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The conclusion of the follow up to the story “A century of federal indifference left generations of Navajo homes without running water”

The first piece of the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project began running in October.

Water came first to Huerfano, the closest community to the source, at the start of a six-month...

Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World

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Week ending Friday, August 13, 2021

 

Decarbonize Now

Because the world ignored for decades the calls from climate scientists to curb carbon emissions, a new UN climate assessment warns that global heating is now at “code red” for humanity. It says the deepening climate crisis will see Earth’s average temperature reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by around 2030, a decade earlier than predicted three years ago. With increasing heat waves, wildfires and floods making headlines around the world, calls for immediate and decisive climate action are growing louder. “This report  must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our...

Protection sought for wolves in neighboring states

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Keeping the wilderness truly wild

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A coalition of wildlife advocacy groups, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue new protections for wolves in designated wilderness areas following Idaho and Montana’s enactment of a rash of aggressive anti-wolf laws.

The groups’ petition, submitted to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and top Forest Service officials June 9, asks the agency to enact measures to protect wolves in National Forest wilderness areas from new Idaho and Montana laws authorizing use of professional contractors and private reimbursement programs resembling 19th-Century wolf bounties to...

Gallup police arrest massage parlor operator

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Last Week, Arizona Homeland Security contacted the Gallup Police Department in reference to their agency obtaining an arrest warrant for Binghua Yang of Gallup.

Yang, 59, the operator of Chinese Young Massage at 2712 West Hwy. 66 in Gallup, was was arrested without incident on charges of conspiracy, illegal control of an enterprise, money laundering in the second degree, and operating or maintaining a house of prostitution.

GPD Capt. Erin Toadlena-Pablo requested that media questions about the case be directed towards Arizona Homeland Security.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more details become available.

Police arrest man at elementary school

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Stagecoach Elementary School (1498 Freedom Dr.) went into a lockdown on the morning of Aug. 23 when Gallup Police responded to a call about shots fired in the area of Sagebrush Place Apartments (650 Dani Drive).

Officers made contact with the caller around 9 am.

The caller explained that he discovered an unknown male inside his vehicle at the apartment complex and when he confronted him, the person inside his vehicle pulled out a firearm. Startled by the response, he left the area, but said he heard two gunshots.

Officers set up a perimeter to search for the suspect and the school was placed on lockdown during the pursuit.

Officers of the Gallup Police Department located the...

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