WINDOW ROCK – President Russell Begaye and Vice President Jonathan Nez have appointed Pearline Kirk as the Controller for the Navajo Nation.

Kirk is a licensed Certified Public Accountant  and holds a Juris Doctor from Arizona State University. She comes to the Nation from the Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP law firm in Los Angeles.

“We are fortunate to have Ms. Kirk come aboard as our Controller. Her vast experience in Navajo Nation law, taxation and budget will greatly benefit our Nation as we move forward,” Begaye said.

Kirk served as the director of Finance/Chief Financial Officer for five years with the Colville Tribal Federal Corporation. This diverse holding...

Official: Certification Feb. 10

Michael Schaaf, Charles Long and Christopher Mortensen were elected to seats on the Gallup-McKinley County Board of Education Feb. 7, bringing fresh faces and new ideas to a board that recently put former Superintendent Frank Chiapetti on paid administrative leave.

The board seats that were voted upon were for Districts 2, 4 and 5. Lynn Huenemann, Joe Menini and the seat occupied by the appointed Sandra Jeff each changed hands. Schaaf essentially had no competition in a race that included retired educator Ester Macias and retired government administrator Gerald O’Hara.

WHO WON?

Charles Long, a former McKinley County Treasurer, won the District 2...

Congratulations to Mr. Gambill’s 1^st Hour Art II Class of Gallup Mid School for winning Rio West Mall’s 2^nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Classroom Collage Contest. They received a Pizza Party in their classroom. Pizza was provided by Pizza 9. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Ida Mangum

A body of a Native American woman found dead Feb. 9 has been identified.




Spokeswoman Lt. Rosanne Morrissette said Jevita Johnson, 33, of Gallup may be the victim of foul play, but it's too early to call it a homicide at this juncture.




"The Office of the Medical Investigator has not determined the cause of death," she said.




Capt. Marinda Spencer, public information officer with the Gallup Police Department, said a passerby discovered the deceased woman at about 10:50 am. The location of the body was found east of the arroyo near Gallup’s Social Security Building along East Aztec Avenue.




The open-area dead body discovery comes about one week after the body of Darrell...