Fruitland News

FRUITLAND One of the largest employers in San Juan County recently was honored for its business practices within the state.

Investigators are looking into the discovery of two bodies found this week on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, but FBI agents say the deaths are not believed to be related.

A Tribal Council resolution demanding immediate removal from office of Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr.

" Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced yesterday that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a contract totaling $27.74 million to the Navajo Engineering and Construction Authority for the construction of Reaches 2 through 6 of the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline.

More than $100,000 of methamphetamine was removed from the streets and six individuals are in custody after a combined effort of law enforcement agencies took down a multi-jurisdictional drug ring.

23 in Gallup. Begay, a legislative liaison with the Navajo Nation's Department of Education, was originally charged with great bodily harm and bond was set at $75,000, which allowed him to be released with payment of $7,500. A week later the charge was increased to vehicular homicide and the bond raised to $200,000 after Costley died.

FRUITLAND Shiprock-area high school students are receiving the opportunity to be trained in a high-paying career throughout the next two years.

FRUITLAND The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, working to improve regional air visibility, has requested reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions at the Four Corners Power Plant, a coal-fired facility that emits the nation's highest levels of the pollutant.

A local state police officer who went above and beyond the call of duty in a traumatic incident was awarded the Medal of Valor on Tuesday in Santa Fe.

Neon signs advertising popular brands of alcohol light up the windows of Zia Liquors and Convenience on the lonely strip of U.S. 64 in Fruitland.

A Fruitland man charged with his seventh DWI waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Farmington Magistrate Court.

The Navajo Nation's San Juan Chapter has declared an emergency because of flooding caused by heavy weekend rain.

A thin layer of red-brown dust covers the maze of roads in this small community off Navajo Route 36 southeast of Shiprock.

Fatherhood was celebrated Wednesday at Little Feet Child Development Center in the Sky Mesa View community in Upper Fruitland.