By Staff Reporters

Edgar Shirley

Nov. 30, 2020, 7:45 pm

DWI (Second)

On his way to Del Taco, Edgar Shirley, 58, was pulled over for turning from the wrong lane without using a turn signal. McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie approached the driver and told him the reason for the stop and Shirley told him they were just hungry, according to sheriff’s reports. Shirley then told Willie that he had no license, insurance, or registration.

Willie saw an open can of Keystone in the cup holder and noticed Shirley had watery eyes and smelled of alcohol. He asked Shirley to step out of the vehicle.

“I can’t, I have a wheelchair,” Shirley told Willie. “I had my leg...

Gallup attorney David Jordan filed a suit against the Zuni Pueblo on behalf of Tomicita Woodie Aug. 9.

The complaint, which specifically mentions Zuni Gov. Val R. Panteah, alleges that Panteah engaged in multiple abuses of his authority as governor.

The allegations stem from a grievance that Woodie filed Jan. 12.

“I have been targeted by Governor Panteah for vicious retaliation because I filed a grievance against him,” Woodie said.

In her complaint, Woodie alleged that Panteah created a hostile work environment for her by threatening her job. The threats related to the Hazard Pay for employees of the Pueblo of Zuni.

Woodie was concerned that Panteah was pressuring her to...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – President Kelsey Begaye, Navajo Nation Council Speaker, Navajo Nation President, and a Naat’áanii, passed away in Flagstaff, Ariz. Aug. 13 at the age of 70 due to natural causes.

Begaye was born on Jan. 7, 1951 in Kaibeto, Ariz. He was Tódich’ii’nii and born for Tł’ízí łání. Prior to his public service, Begaye served in the Vietnam War as a member of the United States Army. He later became a substance abuse counselor, helping many young people to overcome drug and alcohol abuse.

Prior to being elected President, he also served as a local school board member, President and Secretary/Treasurer for Kaibeto Chapter, and two-terms as the Speaker of...

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 testing phase. Other communities will come online this year, all the way to Jicarilla Apache land.

For some communities, the project means access to running water. For others, the groundwater quality is poor, so this connects residents with water they might actually enjoy drinking, moves them off increasingly strained groundwater wells, and reduces risk of exposure to...