Officer sustains minor injuries

A carjacking in broad daylight led to a police chase and the arrest of Jeremy Cowboy, of Mentmore, Feb. 15.

According to a news release, the victim, who was at Hampton Inn west, 111 Twin Buttes Rd., told Metro Dispatch shortly after 1 pm that a Native American man pointed a handgun at her, and stole her blue Ford Escape SUV.

It wasn’t long before deputies from the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office located the stolen vehicle on the east side of Gallup.

The deputies followed the Escape through the Indian Hills and Red Hills neighborhoods and initiated a pursuit.

However, they lost sight of the vehicle, but only briefly.

A short time later, Gallup...

Four Gallup Police officers found themselves untangling several witness reports after an incident with a firearm led them to a residence on Lookout Avenue late Feb. 12.

Officers Matthew Strandy, Richard Rangel, Patrick Largo, and Sgt. Matthew Graham were stationed on a call on the 2700 block of Lookout Avenue when they heard a gunshot come from a residence across the street from them.

The officers created a perimeter around the residence. As they did so, they heard Dana Chandler, 33, of Gallup, shouting about dogs barking at a nearby residence.

Strandy, Rangel, and Graham went through a neighboring yard and laid eyes on Chandler shouting at the dogs while standing outside of his back...

Lizer: ‘Begin the healing and recovery process’

FOREST LAKE, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer were joined by Diné relocatees and Navajo Hopi Land Commission Office Executive Director Robert Black Feb. 13, as they signed into law Resolution CJA-13-22, establishing the Diné Relocatee Fund to provide financial support for housing, infrastructure, and education for Navajo families who were relocated as a result of the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974.

Congress passed the Act to address a land dispute between the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. The Act divided the disputed lands, and citizens of both tribes were subject to...

TSE BONITO, N.M. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Nez-Lizer Administration cabinet members met with U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-AZ, at the Navajo Division of Transportation in Tse Bonito, N.M., to discuss priorities related to the implementation of American Rescue Plan Act funding to help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting was held at the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Office, overseen by interim Executive Director Tom Platero, which serves as a clearinghouse for ARPA related activities. Platero informed the Congressman that the Fiscal Recovery Fund Office has hired four employees and is preparing to hire more to help implement...