Newcomb News

An unpretentious dusty field in Shiprock will be transformed this weekend into the Navajo Nation's largest gathering as the reservation celebrates the 98th annual Shiprock Navajo Fair.

Declining student enrollment in the Central Consolidated School District could mean a loss of about $1 million in state funding this year.

A permanent hush has fallen over a small modular building in Shiprock. Even when patrons are inside the 2,700-square-foot Dine Bi Rural Library, the three-room building still is soundless except for the occasional rustle when someone turns a page or the faint clicks as someone types on a keyboard.

Words spoken by a professional reader permeate Toni Purrachio's classroom at Newcomb High School, causing half a dozen students to drift away from their desks and mismatched chairs and disappear into the story.

David John, commission chair, said Wednesday the commission voted in favor of findings that showed that Burger King manager Tyrone Lozano made a "racial comment" when he said, "I need to let go of Natives and start hiring white people." John said that during the commission's investigation of Lozano, who managed the Burger King at 948 E. Main St., ...