ALBUQUERQUE – Charley Joe, Jr., 68, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced Oct. 3, in federal court in Albuquerque, to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his voluntary manslaughter conviction.
Joe was arrested in September 2016, on a criminal...
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Fort Defiance family sentenced to prison for health care fraud
PHOENIX – Last week, U.S. District Judge Steven Logan sentenced Vestah Tikium to 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Tikium’s son, Terdell Dawes, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, while her other son, Terrell Dawes, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. Tikium and her sons also were ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution. All three had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. All defendants are members of the Navajo Nation.Tikium and her sons falsely billed Arizona’s Health Care Cost Containment System
for tens of thousands of medical transports that never occurred...
NHA reaches settlement with HUD in four-year old case
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Housing Authority is announcing a settlement reached with the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development over a dispute about housing expenditures dating from 2012.On April 2013, HUD issued a Letter of Warning citing that NHA did not complete a number of housing activities as outlined in its 2012 Indian Housing Plan. After an administrative hearing, HUD ordered NHA to repay $96 million for failure to complete 10 of 17 affordable housing projects in 2012.
NHA appealed this decision to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals whose mediator asked the parties to mediate if possible before continuing court proceedings. With the assistance of...
Judge: Zinke has to stop delaying methane rule
Wednesday, a U.S. district court judge in California slapped down the U.S. Department of the Interior’s attempts to roll back its own rule aimed at cutting the waste of natural gas, or methane, from wells and pipelines on federal and tribal lands.The Bureau of Land Management’s waste prevention rule limits routine flaring of natural gas from oil wells, calls for industry to modernize leak-detection technology and fix leaks that are found and prohibits venting natural gas directly into the atmosphere, except under certain circumstances.
Flaring and venting are in some cases unavoidable, such as when new wells are being drilled or for safety purposes, and have been regulated since...
Vaccination remains the best protection against influenza
The New Mexico Department of Health is reminding New Mexicans that flu season is around the corner and is urging everyone six months and older to get vaccinated.“Getting flu vaccine every year is the first and best way to protect yourself and loved ones against getting the flu,” said Department of Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher. “When more people get vaccinated, we reduce the chances that flu spreads in our communities.”
The seasonal flu vaccine protects against the influenza viruses which are expected to be most common during the upcoming season. For the 2017-2018 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends use of the flu shot or the recombinant...
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