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Following in the footsteps of her mother Virginia Ballenger in 1980 and her sister Anna Ballenger in 2006, 26-year-old Amber Shandiin Ballenger on Aug. 21 earned the title of Miss Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial queen 2021.

Taking a step down without handrails to get outside from Chester Benally’s front and back door is not as easy as it was when he was a young man.

This year’s beloved Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial at Red Rock Park is going to happen, but without financial support from the state of New Mexico.

Unopened boxes of brand-new Nike shoes were handed to students at the Dream Diné Charter School by former Gov. Bill Richardson in Shiprock last Thursday.