FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has not sent any payments to tribal governments from a coronavirus relief package approved in late March. The agency said it has not determined how to allocate $8 billion in funding that was set aside for tribes. It said it would post […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s Clark County has one of the fastest growing Native American populations in the country but local leaders say they’re struggling to receive the recognition they deserve. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that between July 2017 and 2018 the number of Native American people living in […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah-Wednesday, ahead of the start of the 2019 football season, their last as an NCAA Division II school, Dixie State football announced its initial schedule as an NCAA Division I institution in 2020. The Trailblazers will have 11 games in 2020, including four games at Trailblazer Stadium. Dixie […]
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — Officials in northern Minnesota have ordered a temporary halt to construction on land linked to a man who led a secretive polygamous sect’s compound in South Dakota. Cook County officials issued the cease-and-desist order Friday to a company tied to Seth Jeffs. KARE-TV reports the order […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature has approved a bill that would require abortion providers to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions that they could still have a live birth if they change their mind. Senators approved the so-called “abortion reversal” legislation on Friday. The House approved the measure in January. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Coach Geno Auriemma doesn’t seem too concerned that UConn has its most losses in six years. After all, the Huskies entered the Final Four unbeaten the last two seasons only to walk away without a national championship. “Last time I checked, there’s 365 Division-I teams in […]
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — A company tied to a man who led a polygamous sect’s South Dakota compound has purchased about 40 acres of land in northern Minnesota. Seth Jeffs is listed as registered agent for the company that acquired land west of the Lake Superior town of Grand […]
DENVER (AP) — National Guard soldiers from Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah are deploying to Fort Meade, Maryland, as part of a cyber protection team supporting U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. The Colorado guard said Thursday Cyber Protection Team 174 will help the Defense Department with network security […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A new report by Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families says the number of uninsured children in the United States has increased for the first time in nearly a decade. In Florida, the uninsured rate went from 288,000 in 2016 to 325,000 in 2017. South […]
OGDEN, Utah-Monday, Weber State football moved up in the FCS national rankings. They were voted as the #7 team in the land in the STATS FCS poll and are ranked eighth in the AFCA Coaches Poll. The Wildcats, after a 27-10 rout of South Dakota, posted eight sacks and three […]
