... dirt was taken from an archaeological site. Another blames witchcraft for delay.     Soil from an archaeological site in the Navajo Nation's Church Rock Chapter was inadvertently used as fill at the site of the tribe's first casino, bringing construction along N.M. 118 near Church Rock to a ...
full story 07/15/08

... active company in New Mexico. It is awaiting approval of an exploration permit on land outside Milan. The company’s plans to mine for uranium near Church Rock farther west in New Mexico are on hold pending a federal Court of Appeals decision.     Buying the Rio Algom site would have substantially cut ...
full story 06/27/08

... on a planned casino. Window Rock is two words, and a reference to the company’s casino design job should have said it was the Fire Rock Casino at Church Rock, N.M. By Donna Redman For the Journal       Dyron Murphy Architects P.C. likes to extol how their firm brings a unique perspective to the field ...
full story 06/26/08

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Navajos Bet on Gambling By Leslie Linthicum Copyright © 2008 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writer     CHURCH ROCK - Billboards along Interstate 40 approaching Gallup advertise the Navajo Nation's future casino with a simple slogan: "Your odds are about to change."   ...
full story 06/17/08

... NRC's approval of permits for Hydro Resources Inc., a New Mexico company, to operate in-situ mines near the Navajo communities of Crownpoint and Church Rock in western New Mexico.     A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in what lawyers say is the ...
full story 05/13/08

... the NRC's approval of permits for Hydro Resources Inc., a New Mexico company, to operate in-situ mines near the Navajo communities of Crownpoint and Church Rock in western New Mexico.     A three-judge panel of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in what lawyers say is the ...
full story 05/13/08

... Hydro Resources to get a groundwater injection permit from the EPA and bar the company from relying on a state permit it already has received. The Church Rock area is in what's called the "checkerboard,'' made up of both Indian and non-Indian lands.     In-situ mining involves pumping chemicals ...
full story 05/12/08

... Protection Agency ruling is stalling its plans to begin operations in northwest New Mexico.     The EPA ruled last year that a 160-acre parcel near Church Rock is part of a dependent Indian community, therefore requiring that Hydro Resources Inc. obtain an underground injection control permit with the ...
full story 05/10/08

... 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver asks the court to order the NRC to overturn the licenses for operations near the Navajo communities of Church Rock and Crownpoint in New Mexico.     "They are going to allow a mining company to pollute the groundwater and the people in Church Rock to be exposed ...
full story 05/10/08

... 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver asks the court to order the NRC to overturn the licenses for operations near the Navajo communities of Church Rock and Crownpoint.     "They are going to allow a mining company to pollute the groundwater and the people in Church Rock to be exposed to unsafe ...
full story 05/10/08