Smith-Lake News

Andrew Perry, 57, called police about 10 p.m. and reported that his granddaughter Amber Begay, who was visiting for a week from her home in Albuquerque, was missing.

The office is under pressure from residents of the former Bennett Freeze area as well as by Navajo Nation leaders to improve the quality of life for those who were forced because of the Freeze to live in substandard conditions long after the rest of the Navajo Nation was beginning to get modern amenities like running water and electricity.

Services for Shawn L. Begaye, 31, will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 5, at Cope Memorial Chapel.

The nearly 150 candidates seeking election to a reduced, 24-member, Navajo Tribal Council may have to start campaigning from scratch if a bill passes during next week's regular summer council session.