Roselyn Tso, Navajo Nation member

Rear Adm. Michael D. Weahkee, IHS principal deputy director, made the announcement on July 29, during the IHS Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee 4th quarterly meeting in Albuquerque, where President Nez and Navajo Department of Health Executive Director Dr. Jill Jim are meeting with other tribes and IHS officials.

Tso has recently served as director for the IHS Office of Direct Service and Contracting Tribes, where she directed a national program and was responsible for a wide range of agency functions that are critical to the working partnership between the IHS and federally recognized tribes. As Navajo Area director, she will be responsible...

In Arlington, Texas in 1988, two people met at a comedy club. One was a performer, the other a bartender. The latter, named Alex Reymundo, served tequila and a Budweiser to the former, an amateur comic named Ron White, right before he went onstage.

This meeting would mark the start of a collaboration of the two comics, who would travel the country and perform together for several years.

Since then, Reymundo has met and performed with a number of prominent Latino comics, including Paul Rodridguez, Cheech Marin, George Lopez, and Joey Medina.

Reymundo has either starred in, or been part of numerous stand-up performances on Showtime, Comedy Central, HBO, CMT, Netflix, and Hulu, which...

First among eight

Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation Board President Tommy Haws announced July 23 that the Trans-Atlantic Business Council  is awarding the Foreign Direct Investment Qualified Community Certification to GGEDC to help promote the Gallup-McKinley County market to foreign, specifically, European industries.

The Trans-Atlantic Business Council seeks to connect European industrial enterprises with American communities in efforts to develop distant yet promising economies.

“With the FDI community certification, TBIC will market Gallup-McKinley County to European manufacturing firms,” Executive Director Patty Lundstrom said. “The FDI community...

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez had the honor of joining community

members for the Shiprock Wellness Center groundbreaking ceremony hosted by the Navajo Nation Special Diabetes Program July 17 in Shiprock

The 9,990 square-foot wellness center will be located adjacent to the existing Shiprock Office of Diné Youth facility, which is being funded through the Navajo Nation Special Diabetes Program and the Shiprock Chapter.

“The new wellness center symbolizes growth toward a healthier future and the ability to fight against diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, alcohol/substance abuse, and other health issues. There is a need to take care of ourselves, families, and...