Navajo Presidential Race Draws Several Candidates So Far – Associated Press Navajo President Russell Begaye has joined a handful of others in submitting paperwork for the tribe’s top elected post.
Emily Ellison, Nicholas Taylor and tribal lawmaker Tom Chee were the first to file.
Video Shows Officer Telling Lawmaker He Can Smell Alcohol – Associated Press A New Mexico state lawmaker insists in video released by police that she hasn’t consumed alcohol, but the officer who stops her says he can smell it.
She also says she’s a state lawmaker.
Police say Youngblood performed badly on a field sobriety test.
The restrictions come as conditions throughout the region remain dry.
Teen Charged In Deadly Library Shooting Undergoes Treatment – Eastern New Mexico News, Associated Press The teenager charged in the Clovis library shooting is receiving mental health evaluations and therapy as attorneys prepare for his trial next year.
The Associated Press generally does not identify juveniles accused of crimes.
Opponents Speak Out Against Nuclear Waste Plan – Albuquerque Journal, Associated Press Opponents of a proposed storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in southeast New Mexico turned out in force Tuesday night for a public meeting in Albuquerque.
It built a smaller, similar storage facility at a nuclear plant in California.