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NTUA connects 335 families to electric grid with CARES Act funds

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Work crews continue to connect homes

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has now connected 335 homes to the electric grid using CARES Act funds that the Navajo Nation received to help during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Nov. 2 report provided to Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice...

Navajo DOT improves low-water crossing in Tolani Lake Chapter

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TSE BONITO, N.M. – The Navajo Division of Transportation has completed an improvement project on a low water crossing on Navajo Route 6730 near Black Falls in Tolani Lake Chapter.

The crossing is located on N6730, approximately 10 miles west of Navajo Route 2. It transects the Dinnebito Wash near the community of Black Falls.

The undertaking was funded by $140,000 of Navajo Fuel Excise Tax funds and the selected contractor was Navajo-owned Arrow Indian Construction from Tempe, Ariz. Navajo DOT engineer and project manager Wayne Williams said it is one of the first to utilize cable concrete block matting to address erosion control while also reinforcing the integrity of the low water...

Job Training Incentive Program helps companies expand

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JTIP grants support 803 New Mexican jobs

SANTA FE— The State of New Mexico’s Job Training Incentive Program Board has awarded 18 companies with over $5.5 million during Sept. and Oct. 2020, in support of 803 new jobs, Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced Oct. 26.

The September awards totaled $3.6 million for 672 trainees and one intern, with another $1.9 million for 129 trainees and one intern awarded in October. Average salaries for trainees ranged from $11.62 to $69.71 per hour, with companies located throughout New Mexico, including Albuquerque, Deming, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sunland Park, Taos, and Truth or...

Flags ordered to half-staff to honor COVID victims

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SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered state flags to half-staff on Oct. 30 for a week of mourning in recognition of the state of New Mexico recording 1,000 COVID-19 fatalities.

The state Department of Health reported 13 additional COVID-19 fatalities that day, the most deaths reported in the state in a single day of the pandemic, bringing the state’s total to 1,007.

The state reported its first COVID-19 fatality March 25.

The state of New Mexico reported 334 individuals are currently hospitalized in the state with COVID-19 on Oct. 30, the eighth consecutive day the state set a new record for total COVID-19 hospitalizations.

According to DOH, than 17 percent of all...

The rise in N.M. COVID cases continues

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SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced 1,141 additional COVID-19 cases on Nov. 3. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

262 new cases in Bernalillo County108 new cases in Chaves County19 new cases in Cibola County2 new cases in Colfax County27 new cases in Curry County270 new cases in Doña Ana County19 new cases in Eddy County6 new cases in Grant County85 new cases in Lea County7 new cases in Lincoln County3 new cases in Los Alamos County36 new cases in Luna County23 new cases in McKinley County11 new cases in Otero County1 new case in Quay County9 new cases in Rio Arriba County19 new cases in Roosevelt County37 new cases in Sandoval County24...

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