Recent Stories
Arizona senator co-sponsors health bill, addresses wildfire issues, education funding
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) spoke to the Navajo-Hopi Observer about priorities affecting northern Arizona, including rural healthcare, wildfire prevention and Impact Aid education funding last week.
Hopi Opportunity Youth Initiative seeks submissions from Hopi artists for new logo design
Submissions are due by April 26 and the winning artist will receive a monetary prize.
Flagstaff graduate speaks out about Native inclusion at Georgetown University
Georgetown University student Yasmin Zuch, from Flagstaff, Arizona, recently spoke out about the lack of inclusion Native people face at the university.
Change Labs focuses on small businesses in Tuba City
Change Labs open house May 17 from 6-8:30 p.m. (MDT). Artist rezidency program application due by April 26.
Change Labs is seeking to change the face of entrepreneurship in Tuba City through programs like a small business incubator and an art residency program while creating a space to support small businesses.
Museum of Northern Arizona art workshops help students work through depression, anxiety through art
Havasupai and Yavapai-Apache students spent a few days at the Museum of Northern Arizona at Pivot: Expressions of Hope workshop, where they learned the healing process of art as they created their own skateboard art.
Naabik’íyáti’Committee ends final effort to keep NGS open
A vote in the Naabik’íyáti’Committee March 21 closed the final door on efforts to keep Navajo Generating Station (NGS) open, setting the stage for the decommissioning process to commence and for the plant to cease operations in December 2019.
Poet Tanaya Winder inspires the next generation
Poet, educator and motivational speaker Tanaya Winder knows the power of words and now with a new EP “For Women and Girls on Fire,” she is exploring the power of the spoken word.
NTEC details reasons for stalled negotiations in purchase of power plant
As Navajo Generating Station (NGS) owners move the plant toward decommissioning, Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) detailed its view of why negotiations stalled in an effort to figure out a way forward.
Update: NGS to decommission plant
NTEC and Navajo Nation continue to search for a way forward for power plant
Navajo Generating Station (NGS) owners said Feb. 28 that they are moving forward with plans to decommission the power plant in Dec. 2019, despite interest from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) in purchasing it.
Navajo Generating Station owners move forward with decommissioning power plant
Navajo Transitional Energy Company committed to continued negotiations with NGS owners
Navajo Generating Station (NGS) owners said Feb. 28 that they are moving forward with plans to decommission the power plant in Dec. 2019, despite interest from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) in buying it.
