WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Police Department issued 274 citations during the Navajo Nation 57-hour weekend curfew, of those citations, 223 were for curfew violations and 51 were for traffic violations.

The police department’s efforts were in response to an extension issued April 29 by the Navajo Health Command Operations Center to extend the weekend curfew for two additional weekends in May.

This is the Navajo Police Department’s fourth 57-hour weekend curfew operation. The operation consisted of a saturation patrol in the eastern Navajo region. A noticeable increase of traffic on Highway 264 between Window Rock, Ariz., and Gallup was observed, although a majority of those...

Members of the board for the Intertribal Ceremonial Association are still planning to put on the event this August, but it won’t be the customary one.

Dudley Byerley, who has overseen the past four Ceremonials, has been known for wanting each year’s event to be bigger and more enjoyable than the one the year before. But the crisis surrounding the spread of COVID-19 has made that impossible this year.

Indian shows and major sports events have been canceled for the early part of the summer. But there are hopes that states will have the spread of the disease under control by July 4, so some events can be held. Gallup has already announced it is canceling the summer dances this...

FBI ARREST

Shiprock, May 4

The FBI reported that Derrick Begay, 32, of Shiprock, had been charged with assaulting a federal official.

According to the report, Begay struck a BIA official in the face with his hand on Jan. 22. The incident occurred at Shiprock High School. After assaulting the federal official, Begay reportedly drove away at a high rate of speed.

He was arrested by FBI agents in Shiprock on May 4.


ASSAULTING OFFICER/NURSE

Gallup, May 2

A St. Michaels woman was arrested on May 2 after she got into an altercation with a McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy and a health care worker.

Candace Manuelito, 30, was charged with one count each of battery on a household...

Multiple charges have been filed in Magistrate Court against a Gallup man for reportedly hitting his children and kicking a police officer.

Gallup Police Officer Aaron Baldonado said he was dispatched about 10 pm on April 28 to an apartment on Elm Circle in reference to a domestic dispute.

When he got there, he met with Jazlyn Yazzie who said her boyfriend, Sheldon Whitegoat, no age given, had been drinking and was hitting their children. Baldonado said Whitegoat was in a back room covered in a blanket. He added he tried to wake Whitegoat, but he did not respond.

Yazzie said the problems began when her two-year-old daughter stepped on Whitegoat’s tablet and he hit her in her legs and...