One of two Arizona colleges on national vaccination challenge

TSAILE, Ariz. – Diné College is one of two colleges in Arizona among 250 nation-wide that has accepted President Joe Biden’s challenge to get students and the community vaccinated by July 4, according to online news site Universitybusiness.com

“On Thursday [June 3], the Department of Education launched the COVID-19 College Challenge, effectively asking institutions to take a pledge saying they will strive to get their communities vaccinated,” the online article said. “The ED says the timing is crucial as students head back home for the summer, but will return for fall semesters in just a couple of...

Week ending Friday, June 11, 2021

Climate Vintage

Earth’s hotter climate is forcing some European winemakers to change strategies to maintain the quality of their wines. “With warmer temperatures, the vine cycle has been shorter and we’ve been harvesting earlier, on average,” Dom Perignon Champagne maker Daniel Carvajal Perez told the CNA news network. He added that the warmer climate had actually brought higher quality to his grapes. Germany’s riesling growers also like the new climate reality. Twelfth-generation family winery Weingut Peter Jakob Kuhn says it no longer has to suffer seasons when the grapes don’t achieve enough sweetness.

 

Earthquakes

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ALBUQUERQUE — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice June 4 of its intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service for failing to protect riparian areas in New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains from cattle. The area is critical habitat for the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse.

“These mice represent the health of the upper elevation meadows and streams. It’s immoral and illegal for the Forest Service to continue allowing cattle to decimate the area and cause a local extinction,” Robin Silver, co-founder of the Center for Biological Diversity, stated. “If these tiny creatures become extinct, Forest Service officials will be responsible. We won’t stop...

It took three officers to get one drunk man into a patrol car at a local Albertsons. On March 31 around 6:39 pm, Gallup Police Officer Jarad Albert arrived at the Albertsons at 1702 East Hwy 66 after he heard about a drunk man inside a silver Jeep in the parking lot.

Albert parked his patrol car behind the vehicle. When he approached the driver side door, he saw a man drinking from a large cup. The Jeep was running.

When Albert knocked on the window, the man looked at him, while continuing to sip from his cup.

The man turned the car off and opened the window

Albert asked the man if he had a driver’s license, but received no answer. The officer began asking the man questions...