WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 13 more cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,068 and the known death toll to 450 as of Saturday night. Tribal health officials said 81,460 people have been tested […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation have approved a massive spending bill to respond to the coronavirus pandemic that includes money for water projects, power lines, broadband and casino employees who have been laid off. The Navajo Nation Council passed the nearly $651 million in spending […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is giving tribes another month to apply for a band of wireless spectrum that would help them establish or expand internet access on their land. Tribes pushed to be first in line to apply for licenses for the mid-band spectrum that is […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 41 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths. The total number of people infected on the reservation now stands at 8,968 with 453 known deaths as of Wednesday night. Tribal health officials said 79,583 people have undergone […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The only Native American on federal death row is scheduled to be executed in late August, the U.S. government announced Wednesday. Lezmond Mitchell, who is Navajo, had been among the first of a handful of inmates set to be put to death after the Trump administration […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday night reported 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths. The total number of people infected on the reservation now stands at 8,927 with 446 known deaths. Tribal health officials said 78,501 people have undergone testing and […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of people who had been on paid leave from their jobs with the Navajo Nation’s gambling enterprise won’t be paid after Monday. Brian Parrish, who heads the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise, said 900 employees began receiving letters and phone calls over the weekend about […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials report 54 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. The total number of people infected on the reservation now stands at 8,891 with 439 known deaths as of Sunday night. Tribal health officials said 77,156 people have undergone testing […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials report 69 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. The total number of people infected on the reservation now stands at 8,837 with 434 known deaths as of Saturday night. Tribal health officials said 76,902 people have undergone testing […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1,000 people who work for the Navajo Nation’s gambling enterprise have been told to prepare for the possibility they will not receive paychecks while on administrative leave. The tribe’s three casinos in northwestern New Mexico and one east of Flagstaff, Arizona, have been […]
