WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — All flags on the Navajo Nation will be flown at half-staff through Thursday to honor the first officer on the tribal police force to die from the coronavirus in the line of duty. Officer Michael Lee died June 19 at a Phoenix hospital. The 50-year-old […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Department of Health reported 55 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation on Monday, but no additional deaths. That pushes the total of positive COVID-19 cases to 7,045 with the death toll remaining at 335. Tribal officials also said preliminary reports from […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Department of Health has reported 27 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and one known death. That pushes the totals to 6,990 positive COVID-19 cases and 335 known deaths as of Sunday. Tribal officials also said preliminary reports from 11 health […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Department of Health has reported 69 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and four more known deaths. That pushes the totals to 6,963 positive COVID-19 cases and 334 known deaths as of Saturday night. Tribal officials also said preliminary reports from […]
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — A Navajo Nation police officer has died at a Phoenix hospital, becoming the first officer on the tribal police force to die from COVID-19 in the line of duty, according to tribal officials. Officer Michael Lee, 50, died Friday at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix, the Navajo Police […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is resuming lockdowns for at least the next two weekends as the number of coronavirus cases off the reservation increases, most notably in Arizona. Tribal President Jonathan Nez made the announcement Tuesday in a virtual town hall. He cited Arizona, which hit […]
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — More than two dozen recruits are expected to begin training Monday at the Navajo Nation’s police academy, a program that was postponed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The program will last 15 weeks instead of 22, with recruits training six days a week instead […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge in the nation’s capital has denied a request from a Native American tribe in Kansas to halt further distribution of coronavirus relief funds for tribal nations. The Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation recently sued the U.S. Treasury Department, alleging it was shortchanged in […]
SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is suing a tribal member over what authorities say is an illegal hemp farming operation in northwestern New Mexico. Navajo Attorney General Doreen McPaul said the lawsuit was filed Thursday in tribal court. The complaint names Dineh Benally, Native American […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The board of a rural New Mexico hospital that was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic fired the chief executive Thursday and asked for unity in a bid to restore confidence in the facility. A memo sent to staff at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in […]
