WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer, and Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Executive Director Christopher Becenti welcomed officials with the Universal Service Administration Company Lifeline Phone and Internet Assistance Program to the Navajo Nation...News
Navajo Nation promotes Lifeline Phone/Internet Assistance Program
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer, and Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Executive Director Christopher Becenti welcomed officials with the Universal Service Administration Company Lifeline Phone and Internet Assistance Program to the Navajo Nation...New Mexico Public Education Secretary removed
Secretary Karen Trujillo was removed July 22 from her role at the Public Education Department.“I want to thank Karen for her work these recent months,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said. “Unfortunately my expectations were not met in a number of areas. It is absolutely imperative that we genuinely transform public education in this state. We must identify a vibrant and ambitious new leader for the Public Education Department as quickly as we possibly can. The well-being of New Mexico’s students, parents and educators remains the top priority of this administration.”
The Lujan Grisham Administration has begun a nationwide search. Deputy Public Education Secretary Kara...
Cigarette bandit arrested for assault, robbery
Officers from the Gallup Police Department were dispatched to Speedway Central, 1223 E. Hwy. 66, in reference to a robbery July 31.Officers made contact with the reporting employee, who informed officers that a male walked in to the business with a handgun and fired off one round, asking for cigarettes.
The employee behind the counter informed officers, the male pointed the gun at him and said, “Menthol cigarettes.”
The employee began to open the register and the male suspect fired off another round from the gun, into the air, again asking for cigarettes. The employee gave the cigarettes to the male suspect. The male suspect then placed $4 on the counter and walked out the door...
PARCC test results show student growth across the board
GMCS students more than doubled the state averageGallup-McKinley County Schools recently received the results for the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career tests.
Those results were shared during the GMCS Board of Education July 15 regular meeting. GMCS District Assistant Superintendent Gerald Horacek spoke about the results, thanking parents and staff for their part in the students’ achievements.
“It is important to have support from the board and superintendent to have the results we’ve shown,” Horacek said. “Without us working together, we wouldn’t be able to present what we’ve done the past several years.”
For the 2018 school...
Window gun-waver apprehended
A woman from Church Rock was stopped by Gallup police July 13 after numerous reports about someone waving a gun out of the window of a red sedan traveling south on U.S. Highway 491.Sheila Silversmith, 40, was booked for aggravated DUI, no driver’s license, no insurance and no registration.
Also in the vehicle was Luther Begay, 42. He was inside the vehicle at the time the car was pulled over at Fourth Street and Coal Avenue. He refused to get out when instructed to do so. So, a K-9 officer was deployed and apprehended him.
“Begay was booked on resisting and negligent use of a firearm,” GPD Capt. Erin Toadlena-Pablo said.
There was a third occupant in the vehicle. That...
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