Gallup Sun

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Reconnecting Navajo families through self-reliance, food sovereignty, and organic gardening is hard work.

Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez knows firsthand about the intensive labor of farming. Each year, his family gathers to plant crops on the family farm.

This family activity provides unity, exercise, empowerment and self-sufficiency, he said.

On June 4, the Navajo Nation Gardening Challenge was launched, beginning with a garden planted at Vice President Nez’s residence in Window Rock.

Volunteers from the Northern Arizona University Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Tolani Lake Enterprises, Little Colorado River Watershed...

Hello! We’ve got another impressive edition of highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. Several of these releases are critically acclaimed, suggesting many are worth a look. So if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

10 Cloverfield Lane - This sequel to the 2008 sci-fi/horror film Cloverfield introduces a new environment and completely different characters. After getting into a traffic accident, a young woman wakes up in an underground bunker. She’s told by her gruff host that the world has come to an end, and she must determine how much of what he says is true. Reviews were strong for...

The New Mexico Environment Department and New Mexico Department of Health [on June 15] issued a smoke advisory for areas of New Mexico that may be affected by smoke from fires currently burning in New Mexico and Arizona.

Smoke from the Dog Head Fire west of Estancia and the North Fire south of Magdalena is affecting air quality throughout central New Mexico. Hot, dry, and stagnant forecasted weather is expected to contribute to increased smoke concentrations especially in central New Mexico throughout the upcoming weekend.

“Smoke can hurt your eyes, irritate your respiratory system, and aggravate chronic heart and lung problems,” Department of Health Cabinet Secretary Lynn Gallagher...

Queensrÿche guitarist ‘The Whip’ gets real with the Sun

New Mexico definitely gets its fare share of rocking concerts, and this reporter was privileged to see one of those recently.

The Scorpions & Queensrÿche Tour made its way down to the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque on May 25, and I got to sit down and chat with Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton (born Feb. 23, 1962), otherwise known as the “The Whip” for the speed of his fingers on the fretboard. Wilton, an American guitarist, co-founded Queensrÿche in 1982.

JC: Michael, how is it going brother? How has the tour been?

Michael: It’s going great! It’s a great pairing of bands; we’ve kinda built this...