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Monday, August 20, 2012

Gov. finds new spot to post salaries

Gov. finds new spot to post salaries

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez has begun posting the names and salaries
of classified state employees at a new online location after a judge ruled last
month that she remove the names from the online New Mexico Sunshine Portal.

To access this story, copy and paste this url in your browser:
www.krqe.com/dpp/news/politics/gov-finds-new-spot-to-post-salaries

Navajo Nation Office of Broadcast Services

Navajo Nation Office of Broadcast Services

Vision
Navajo Nation Office of Broadcast Services will inspire and empower the Navajo people through the sacred power of communication. We will be an essential and cultural resource, ensuring and disseminating factual information for the sake of knowledge and intelligence for the Navajo people.
Mission
To always provide public mass communication services to the people of the great Navajo Nation. Creating, producing and distributing culutally-aware programs and services that educate, inform and engage our audiences.
Purpose
The purpose of the Navajo Nation Office of Broadcast Services is to promote the expansion and strengthening of new and existing mass communication services to the Navajo People.


More info: http://www.obs.navajo-nsn.gov/

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

International news

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/04/us-usa-indigenous-un-idUSBRE8431Q220120504
www.reuters.com
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States must do more to heal the wounds of indigenous peoples caused by more than a century of oppression
 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107776
ipsnews.net
After decades of struggle, indigenous people in El Salvador will finally be recognised in the constitution a first step towards recovering their community identity, which they have been denied by the state and by society at large.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aos43AXIzlo&feature=share
Aboriginal leader Sam Watson says evicted tent embassy protesters will march to Queensland Parliament and demand to see Premier Campbell Newman.
 
 
 
 

National news

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=277631008999349
Pacific Caucus statement to the UN Permanent Forum on Human Rights, 15th May 2012, New York.

CeCe McDonald was attacked by a racist man. She ended up killing him. Her supporters think it's a crime that she's facing prison time. What do you think? http://ow.ly/aVbQB
ow.ly
A black transgender woman faces prison for killing her attacker.
 
 

New Mexico news

NMPolitics.net shared a link.
www.nmpolitics.net
By Heath Haussamen • News • The special audit of Sunland Park released Monday includes findings related to Andrew Moralez and Joseph Cervantes. Both say they were trying to clean up the government in the scandal-plagued city.
 
NMPolitics.net shared a link.
www.nmpolitics.netBy Heath Haussamen • News • Police in Taos are investigating the alleged beating of a man that followed a dispute about the placement of signs directing people to a campaign event for Eighth Judicial District Judge candidate Ernestina Cruz
 
NMPolitics.net shared a link.
www.nmpolitics.net
By Daniel Manzano • Commentary • The N.M. Coalition Against Domestic Violence opposes any amendment, bill or substitution to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act that will weaken or eliminate provisions to protect Native American, LGBT and immigrant communities.
 
San Ysidro feast day serves as a reminder of the role that agriculture and farming have played in New Mexico for hundreds of years and the connection that our communities have to the land and water that are vital to sustain our way of life. Generations of New Mexicans have worked the land to provide for their families, and it is critical that we continue to preserve agricultural vocations that are significant to our culture, our traditions, and our economy.
www.lujan.house.gov
Rep. Luján released the following statement today to celebrate San Ysidro feast day and the patron saint of farmers.
 
The chief deputy DA was arrested Friday on charges of assaulting a sheriff's deputy. #ABQ
www.abqjournal.com
The chief deputy district attorney responsible for prosecuting felony domestic violence cases in Bernalillo County has been arrested and charged with assaulting a sheriff’s deputy.
 
Get ready - this Sunday evening, May 20th, is the Annular Eclipse, which will be highly visible from Albuquerque. Make your plans now to attend one of several viewing event options at the Bernalillo County Scholar Regional Recreation Complex near the Hard Rock Pavilion, the Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, the University of New Mexico Observatory or the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. Check out this page for details.
www.itsatrip.org
Albuquerque's high desert location makes for clear skies and calm weather much of the year. This spring, it will be the place to be for astronomy buffs and amateur star gazers alike. Two astronomical "close encounters" will take place - and both are visible in Albuquerque.
 
NMPolitics.net shared a link.
www.nmpolitics.net
By Eric Griego • Commentary • I’ve made Wall Street accountability a core issue in my Democratic primary against two more conservative opponents in New Mexico’s First Congressional District.
 
Free admission for NM residents, this Friday at the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gallup area news

This weekend, the 10,000th person signed the Change.org petition to prevent uranium mining in Church Rock, NM! We're not stopping now -- let's make it 20,000 emails to the EPA! Thanks to the first 10K signatories!
www.change.org
The Colorado Plateau of New Mexico still bears the unhealed sores of the Uranium Boom of the last century – radioactive waste piles,...
 
 
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nnwo.org%2Fcontent%2Fnavajo-president-ben-shelly-meets-senator-jon-kyl-discuss-water-settlement&h=IAQEf_hzGAQGpsF03JsoBWyL5I77_GrymNu2Rbp66ouQ2Lw
nnwo.org
WASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl last Thursday to discuss the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Settlement Agreement and its companion legislation, S 2109.
 
It's gonna be a dry one -- this year and many more. Here's our update of what's up with the Colorado River.
www.hcn.org
Low snowfall = less water = more stress, in the seven states fed by the Colorado River
 
 
 

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

KGLP wins News Award from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association



KGLP wins News Award from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association

KGLP 91.7fm, a public radio station housed at the University of
New Mexico Gallup branch campus, is among a number of New Mexico TV and Radio
stations that will receive awards from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association
on June 9, 2012, in Albuquerque.

KGLP's award was for "Single Topic News Coverage" of events hosted by the BNSF
Railway on July 31 and August 1 of 2011 during which the Pueblos of Laguna and
Acoma were invited on the "BNSF Special", a train in which a variety of
conversations about the history of relations between the Pueblos and the
railroad took place, as well as discussions about future collaborations.  KGLP
Station Manager Rachel Kaub produced this one-hour edition of "Friday Forum",
a public affairs program airing on KGLP each Friday from 1 until 2 p.m.,
Mountain.  The documentary first aired on August 12, 2011.

--- May 14, 2012 NMBA Press Release Excerpted Below ---

NMBA RECOGNIZE BROADCASTERS FOR EXCELLENCE

ALBUQUERQUE, May 14, 2012 ‐The New Mexico Broadcasters Association (NMBA)
announced the winners of the association’s Excellence in Broadcasting
Awards today. The awards reflect the outstanding achievement of broadcasters
for the calendar year 2011 and recognize exceptional news coverage,
entertainment and production across five radio markets and one television
market. The winning entries represent innovative news coverage and quality
programming across the state.

Broadcast professionals from Alabama, Colorado and Oklahoma, Indiana and
California representing television and radio entities of similar market
sizes, served as this year’s judges.

The NMBA will present this and awards to other broadcasters at the annual
NMBA Excellence in Broadcasting Awards Banquet on June 9, 2012 in
Albuquerque.

KGLP's award details are as follows:

Single Topic Event News Coverage

KGLP-FM - KGLP Friday Forum covering commemorative Pueblo-rail event

Producer and Host, Rachel Kaub

(The full awards list is at http://www.nmnn.net/press/NMBAwinners2012.pdf -
note that "Station of the Year" in each division goes to those broadcasters
with the most awards...)