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Navajo increases ability to do COVID testing, vaccinations
Navajo President Jonathan Nez said the facilities also are working to give out more home testing kits this month while cases are surging.
Navajo Nation: All government workers must have booster shot
Nez also said tribal health officials have changed how the term "fully vaccinated" is defined by making it two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine plus a booster shot.
Hopi Tribe goes into Red Alert as COVID cases rise
The Hopi Tribe issued a red alert and returned to Phase 2 with modified provisions as latest data from the tribe’s Health and Human Services department shows a severe rise in COVID-19 positive cases on the reservation.
- Navajo Nation reports 525 new cases as COVID-19 variant spreads on Navajo Nation
- Star School offers free food boxes to community first Friday of each month
- Navajo Nation leaders attend annual Arizona Indian Nations & Tribes Legislative Day
- Man arrested in Snowflake after six hour standoff with police
- Bashas’ addresses food shortage at Diné Markets on Navajo Reservation
- FAQ: What I need to know about the Navajo Nation Hardship Assistance
- FBI now offering $10,000 for information leading to arrest and conviction of person responsible for murder of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty
- Navajo Nation supports American Beef Labeling Act
- Board of Supervisors announces special session for Arizona Legislative District 7 vacancy
- 1st case of the omicron variant is detected on Navajo Nation
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Davina Smith is first Navajo woman to run for Utah Legislature
When Davina Smith mounted her horse Oreo on Thursday afternoon, the sun was shining on the iconic, burnt red buttes of Monument Valley, but the wind chill hovered near freezing.
Navajo Nation Council celebrates inclusion of Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller on new quarter
The 24th Navajo Nation Council commends the United States Mint and the American Women Quarters Program for selecting the coin design to include former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller on the United States quarter, which will be in full coin circulation this year.
Former Navajo president receives lifetime achievement award
Peterson Zah has never claimed to be an extraordinary Navajo, just a Navajo with extraordinary experiences.
- Family of U.S. Army veteran Brian Yazzie receive Navajo and U.S. flags
- Verde Valley Archaeology Center mural shares Hopi practices and teachings
- Artist applications now open for MNA's 2022 Heritage Festival
- 1972 ushered in post-termination era of change for U.S. tribes
- Northern Arizona astronomy: How humans can survive on Mars
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Diné College works to rebuild rodeo program amid pandemic
Far from the red rocks of Sedona and the bright lights of Phoenix sits a small college in the heart of the Navajo Nation.
CCC receives five year, $2.1 mil grant to improve Native student success
One in five students at Coconino Community College is Native American.
Coconino County Board of Supervisors chooses Theresa Hatathlie to fill vacant LD7 seat
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors announced the appointment of Theresa Hatathlie to fill the vacant seat in Legislative District 7 during a special session Jan. 6.
- Hopi Emergency Relief Fund transfers relief efforts to Hopi Relief
- Dr. Harold G. Begay appointed Superintendent of Schools
- Navajo elders and first responders receive holiday hams
- New fire and rescue trucks to help serve and protect communities on Navajo Nation
- Navajo Nation celebrates Arizona State University Diné
- Tuba City Elementary sings in the holiday
- Judy Martinez welcomed as general manager at Navajo-Hopi Observer
- Winslow teen receives Boys and Girls Club award for demonstrating safe driving habits
- Navajo Technical University breaks ground on new academic building
- Museum of Northern Arizona announces winners of Junior Indigenous Art Exhibition and Competition
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Window Rock ballers fall to Gallup, Grants in New Year tournament games
When the Gallup High boys basketball team scores more than 60 points in a game, the Bengals usually win.
Part II: Rez ball in Chinle teaches resilience
Roughly 300 miles north of Phoenix, tucked behind the majestic Canyon De Chelly, sits Chinle in the heart of the Navajo Nation. A lone central two-lane highway leads in and out of the town.
Winslow Coach Art Griffith named Baseball Coach of the Year
Winslow Coach Art Griffith was named the 2021-2022 Baseball Coach of the Year presented by the NFHS.
- Window Rock Lady Scouts get past Valley Sanders, 52-44; boys defeat Valley Sanders
- Window Rock boys survive Rehoboth Christian, 42-41
- Klay Tohsonii named 2021 six and under Stetson world dummy roping champion
- Hopi High School sports continue despite COVID-19 impacts
- Tuba City’s Layla Curtis takes championship in youth cross country
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HGTV expands 'Home Town' franchise, features Winslow as one of its towns
Home Town Kickstart, a HGTV national show, featured small-town Winslow in one of its episodes to air this spring on the network, along with five other small towns in need of revitalization.
Clear Creek Cowboys to make Pony Express ride from Winslow to Holbrook
Residents and visitors to Winslow and Holbrook can expect to see cowboys riding horses and delivering mail in the fashion of the Old West during a Pony Express Ride Jan. 29.
Report: 2 planes aborted runway at Show Low airport before crash
The preliminary report did not state an official cause for the crash. The NTSB is expected to issue a final report later.
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Hopi Relief sends message about services as COVID cases surge on Hopi Reservation
Hopi Relief is aware of the rising cases throughout the Hopi reservation and we sincerely apologize for our current inability to respond immediately.
Letter to the editor: Casey Lee: "Biden’s win on infrastructure is a win for Arizona’s Tribal communities"
I was born and raised near Kayenta, Arizona in Navajo Nation, home to around 175,000 people spread across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Letter to the editor: Second Mesa Day School return to vrtual learning because of COVID case increase
Second Mesa Day School moved to virtual learning Jan. 6 through Feb. 4 because of an increased number of students absent because of quarantine, awaiting test results or testing positive.
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Tohono O'odham woman acquitted in protest of border wall construction
A Tohono O'odham woman was found not guilty Jan. 19 on federal misdemeanor charges stemming from her protest of border wall construction on her tribe's ancestral land.
Casa Grande cancels annual O'Odham Tash, Cowboys Days event
The pandemic has prompted Casa Grande to cancel the south-central Arizona's city's annual event celebrating Native American culture and the spirit of the American cowboy.
U.S. announces $83M in latest round of tribal housing grants
Emergency management officials on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota have a new building, but they have been operating out of an old jail that's set to be torn down.
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Robert Wick, champion of art, newspapers and community, dies at 86
Robert Wick, who guided Wick Communications for nearly six decades, died Thursday.
Obituary: Thomas Philip Mentzer
Thomas Philip Mentzer, age 64, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021.
Flags flown at half-staff in honor of Diné Korean War veteran Bennie Harvey James
On Nov. 18, the Navajo Nation issued a proclamation, which called for all flags to be flown at half-staff Nov. 19 in honor and remembrance of Diné Korean War veteran Bennie Harvey James.
