Nanji produces a vibrant show for small crowd
Despite the Phil L. Thomas Performing Arts Center not being filled to half its capacity, Mato Nanji of the blues-rock band Indigenous played like it was sold out. And for those lucky few in attendance, the experience was priceless. Nanji treated fans to an acoustic performance May 5 with music from Indigenous and cover tunes of Howlin' Wolf's "Tell Me" and Tarheel Slim's "Number Nine Train."
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TC honor society inducts 15 new members
Fifteen students were inducted into the Tuba City High School chapter of the National Honor Society during a ceremony and potluck held at the Warrior Pavilion on May 4. Students were selected for membership by their teachers based on the criteria of leadership, service, character and scholarship as measured by a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. STORY »
By Anne Griffis | Special to the Times
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javelin state record
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2012 Miss Indian UNM
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Nanji; vibrant show
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Volcano Vista aim at undefeated
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TC honor society
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Doctorate at ASU
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N.M. state track and field
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6-year-old dances
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Miss Indian World
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TC college offers
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Gathering of Nations
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Students earn awards
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Flags ordered at half-staff for code talker Samuel Tso
Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso, 89, of Lukachukai, Ariz., passed away Wednesday evening with family members beside him at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington.
Board votes to close 3 rez schools
The Gallup-McKinley County School district will have three less schools this coming September. The district's school board voted 3-2 Thursday to close down three schools to save $2.7 million next year.
Diné worker fired for speaking Navajo
When Juanita Blake went to the Page-Lake Powell Job Fair March 3, she hoped to get a job as an interpreter for Zion's Way, a home health and hospice care facility, serving the neighboring communities on the reservation.
Northern Edge seeing different clientele
Three months after opening the Northern Edge Navajo Casino near Farmington, officials for the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise have noticed differences from the tribe's first casino, Fire Rock. One of the main differences, said Bob Winter, the enterprise's CEO, is the clientele.
Going NATIVE
New building embodies the future of career education. Not all that long ago, vocational education was the neglected stepchild of Arizona's education system, reserved for those students who, as their counselors scribbled on their transcripts, were "not college material."
'The police are here!'
An early morning raid on suspected bootleggers and drug dealers in the Chinle area May 4 netted 12 arrests - nine suspected dealers and three apparent customers, a police spokesman said.
Police Blotter
A one vehicle rollover that occurred neat Ojo Encino, N.M., on May 4 claimed the lives of a Navajo grandmother and a four-year-old boy.Navajo police were called to the area about four miles east of the Ojo Encino Chapter House about 10 a.m.
Update in the Valley focuses on water
Leave it to Facebook, a popular social networking website, to serve as an online chapter house bulletin board to keep Navajo Nation members residing in the Valley informed about what's going on back home.
Fort Defiance audience opposes water deal
The last of the town hall meetings about the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Settlement Agreement did not end without a lively discussion.
Hi-speed Internet getting closer
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority's long-heralded high-speed Internet and wireless data project is on schedule and parts of the reservation will have access this year, according to NTUA personnel.
Trial begins in double-murder case
Opening arguments were given Wednesday in the murder trial of Alex Redhouse. Redhorse, 19, is accused of murdering Dustin Rye and Alec Armijo, both 20 and both from Gallup, on April 17, 2011, in the McGaffey area by shooting them in the head with a shotgun and then burning their bodies.
Community views
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Depp is appropriate for Tonto role
"Everyone in Indian Country is in an uproar about Johnny Depp playing Tonto in the upcoming "Lone Ranger" flick, but for the wrong reasons."
Ungelbah Daniel-Davila
Belen, N.M.
