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Navajo Nation: No new COVID-19 deaths for 5th day in row

Navajo Nation: No new COVID-19 deaths for 5th day in row

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials report 64 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths for the fifth consecutive day. The latest figures released Saturday night bring the total number of cases to 11,217 with the known death toll remaining at 574. Tribal health officials […]

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Navajo Nation: No new COVID-19 deaths for 5th day in row

Navajo Nation: No new COVID-19 deaths for 5th day in row

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials report 64 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths for the fifth consecutive day. The latest figures released Saturday night bring the total number of cases to 11,217 with the known death toll remaining at 574. Tribal health officials […]

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Officials mark completion of Navajo water treatment plant

Officials mark completion of Navajo water treatment plant

DZILTH-NA-O-DITH-HLE, N.M. (AP) — Construction has been completed on a water treatment plant that will help provide parts of the Navajo Nation and surrounding areas with a clean and reliable source of drinking water. Years in the making, the project is the result of a settlement agreement over water rights […]

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Navajo Nation reports 30 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

Navajo Nation reports 30 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials report 30 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. The latest figures released Tuesday night bring the total number of cases to 10,999 with the known death toll remaining at 574. Tribal health officials said 117,320 people on the […]

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Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials are confirming 14 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The figures released Monday night bring the total number of cases to 10,969 with the known death toll now at 574. Tribal health officials said 116,676 people on the vast […]

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Navajo Nation reports 42 new COVID-19 cases but no deaths

Navajo Nation reports 42 new COVID-19 cases but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials are confirming 42 new cases of COVID-19 but no new deaths. The figures released Sunday night bring the total number of cases to 10,955. The known death toll remained at 573. Tribal health officials said 116,368 people on the vast reservation […]

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Navajo Nation lowering flags to honor late tribal president

Navajo Nation lowering flags to honor late tribal president

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — All flags on the Navajo Nation will be flown at half-staff through Monday in honor of former tribal President Thomas Atcitty. The 86-year-old Atcitty died Sunday in New Mexico. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer issued the proclamation for the flag […]

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Navajo Nation finds 40 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths

Navajo Nation finds 40 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials are reporting 40 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no deaths. The figures released Wednesday night bring the total number of cases to 10,780 with the known death toll remaining at 571. Tribal health officials said 113,985 people on the vast […]

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Former interim Navajo president and New Mexico lawmaker dies

Former interim Navajo president and New Mexico lawmaker dies

SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — Thomas Atcitty, a former interim Navajo Nation president and longtime New Mexico state representative, has died. The tribe says Atcitty died Sunday of natural causes. He was 86. Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday in Shiprock, New Mexico, where Atcitty lived most of his life. He is […]

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Navajo Nation reports 9 new coronavirus cases, but no deaths

Navajo Nation reports 9 new coronavirus cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday reported nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no deaths. The latest numbers bring the total number of cases to 10,737 with the known death toll remaining at 571. Tribal health officials said 113,141 people on the vast reservation […]

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