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Health · GallupFrom her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or been exposed to a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S.: syphilis.See the Story
Rapid rise in syphilis hits Native Americans hardest
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Church Rock · Church RockIsaiah Augustine Bob, a 39-year-old enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of his friend. The murder occurred in 2020. Bob beat John Doe to death following an argument, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.See the Story
Man from Navajo Nation sentenced for second-degree murder
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Crownpoint · CrownpointRyntana Yazzie, 34, was sentenced to 30 months in prison. She pleaded guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge on Nov. 2, 2023. She had been drinking alcohol and was driving south on Highway 371 outside Farmington. Her vehicle veered into oncoming traffic and hit a truck driven by a man.See the Story
Woman from Crownpoint receives sentence for deadly drunk driving crash
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Gallup · GallupTwo years into the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's rollout, a USA TODAY investigation has found most of the $5 billion Safe Streets and Roads for all program has so far gone to more affluent counties. The reason? The grants are structured to reward communities that already have the resources to pursue the funding. Many small cities like Gallup, New Mexico, home to Native communities often left out of such programs but with disproportionately high traffic fatality rates, have no dedicated grant writer.See the Story
Small Cities at Disadvantage to Win Federal Safe Street Grants
McKinley County · McKinley CountyThe New Mexico Department of Justice has already accepted six cases from across the state. The unit has three, full-time, sworn law enforcement agents that are currently reviewing and investigating six cases, two cases from the 1980s, three from the 1990s and one from the 2010s. The list of cases can be found at dps.nm.gov.See the Story
First cold case unit for New Mexico
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