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City holds the (power) line

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The bad news is: electricity rates will go up in July. The good news is: just a little bit.

The City Council approved a new rate schedule with a 1.89% bump May 24.

That amounts to about $1.26 a month for a customer using 400 kWh; had the old rate schedule remained in place, that bill would have increased by $6.39.

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Special Focus Story: Navajo tribal land uranium clean-up plans inch forward

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The Navajo describe the powdery yellow uranium ore present in their water, air, and land as leetso--meaning “yellow dirt.”

In July of 1979, a dam collapse at United Nuclear Corporation’s   Northeast Church Rock Mine caused tons of uranium waste and massive amounts of radioactive water to pour into the Puerco River—creating a major environmental disaster that continues to contaminate the land, air, and water in Navajo communities today.

Additionally, hundreds of closed uranium mines are located throughout the Navajo Nation— negatively impacting the health of Navajo children and adults whenever radioactive dust particles from mine debris is inhaled or blown into drinking...

Man stabs teen over riff about musical tastes

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A man stabbed a minor when he thought the young man was making fun of his taste in music.

On May 13, around 6:52 pm, Gallup Police Officer Cindy Romancito was on duty when she met two men on the side of the road near Chaparral Mobile Home Park, 1501 W. Aztec Ave.

One of the men was holding his stomach. The other man explained that the man had been stabbed.

According to her criminal complaint, the 17-year old victim told Romancito that he got into a fight with another man about music.

That man, Jeremiah Pete, 25, had accused the victim of making fun of his music, and the two men duked it out in the living room of a trailer home.

As the fight went on, Pete allegedly retrieved a knife...

Woman dies in ATV accident

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An argument at a party and an abrupt departure on an ATV reportedly led to the death of a woman May 14.

Multiple McKinley County Sheriff deputies and Navajo Police officers responded to a scene of an ATV accident at 3:31 am,  near Tse Bonito Mobile Home Park, 1599 State Hwy. 264. The ATV driver was identified as Amanda Francisco, 29.

Francisco died at the scene of the crash.

According to the police report, MCSO Deputy Dewayne Holder spoke to Francisco’s girlfriend, who said the couple had attended a relative’s party earlier in the evening.

She said they had both been drinking at the party when an argument broke out.

The woman said she tried to break up the fight, but Francisco...

Weekly Police Activity Reports

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CAR BREAK-IN

Gallup, May 19

A man broke into a woman’s car while it was sitting in her driveway.

On May 19, around 12:05 pm, Gallup Police Officer Jerald Watchman was dispatched to 702 W. Hill Ave. because a woman said a man had broken into her car.

When he got to the scene, Watchman spoke to the victim, who explained that she’d been sitting inside her house when she noticed a man in a white vehicle who was honking his car’s horn and yelling. The man, Derrick Tso, then got out of his car and into the victim’s car through the passenger’s side door.

According to Watchman’s criminal complaint, the victim said Tso reportedly began digging around in her car. When the...

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