WINDOW ROCK – The Navajo Nation Council recessed for over one hour during the third day of the Fall Council Session Oct. 17, to welcome a group of Navajo veterans that marched many miles to the Council Chamber to demand accountability and action from the Navajo Veterans Administration, which is directly under the authority of President Russell Begaye.

Speaker LoRenzo Bates (Nenahnezad, Newcomb, San Juan, Tiis Tsoh Sikaad, Tse’Daa’Kaan, Upper Fruitland) thanked the group for their persistence and advocacy on behalf of all Navajo veterans and for bringing their issues to the attention of Navajo leaders.

“Since the 23rd Navajo Nation Council took office in 2015, we have passed...

RAMAH - The New Mexico State Police sought the public's assistance in locating Cali Victoria Toye. As of Oct. 15, she had been located.

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Toye is a 17-year-old female, 5’7” inches tall, weighing 137 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen on Oct. 12 wearing dark gray spandex pants with gray and black Under Armor high top shoes.  She is possibly with eighteen-year-old Jerdarius Raphaelito. It is unknown where Toye may be headed or if she is in a vehicle or not.

Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Cali Victoria Toye should call the New Mexico State Police at (505) 841-9256 option 3.

Day-long event honors Native people through music, rally, film

Over the past nearly three decades many cities and states across the nation have opted to honor the Native people of the world on the second Monday in October. In Gallup, what was once Columbus Day has for the past three years been an official celebration of indigenous people.

Gallup’s Oct. 8 Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration  featured displays and information booths, a forum and a few films at the Second Street Events Center. A demonstration and rally took place at the Gallup Cultural Center, and the day’s music was performed in honor of the world’s indigenous people — past, present and...

District comes in at top of state for overall student proficiency growth

Back in August, Gallup-McKinley County Schools received the results for the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career tests. Despite 10 schools out of 35 schools earned a 3.0 and above, the detailed results show great improvements, according to GMCS District Assistant Superintendent Gerald Horacek.

Horacek said the 2017-18 PARCC results showed 600 more students proficient in English Language Arts and mathematics than last year, and 804 more students were proficient in both categories than in 2016.

According to the New Mexico Public Education Department website, ELA and mathematics serve...