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First case of Hantavirus detected in McKinley County
The news on Wednesday night follows an announcement about the case made on April 19 by the Nation...
FBI asks for public's help
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Albuquerque Field Office is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the circumstances surrounding the death of Medardo Gutierrez-Lopez, a citizen of Mexico.
Gutierrez-Lopez’s birthdate is listed as June 8, 1989 in Oaxaca, Mexico. He is listed as White, Hispanic and Mexican.
On July 6, 2020, Gutierrez-Lopez was found deceased near the frontage road north of Interstate 40 and east of Exit 33 in Fort Wingate, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation. The cause of death is undetermined.
If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
Popular hydrologist dies
He had earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from St. Joseph’s College in Indiana, and always said that, having grown up on the reservation, he had a natural instinct for knowing where the best spots to drill a good well might be.
Shorty, whose team had successfully drilled hundreds of water wells on the reservation, was featured in the prize-winning documentary “The Navajos Water The Desert,” filmed in the 1960’s by Hollywood’s Hanna Barbera Studios.
Several stories about the making of that film are...
Navajo Police Department recognize dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
On average, the seven police communication centers receive about 332,060 calls for service. The department has 56 authorized PSTO positions with each PSTO personally taking on an average of 5,930 calls over the course of a year. Each communication center has eight funded positions with at least two PTSO on duty at a given time.
As part of the...
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