WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials report 104 new cases of the coronavirus with four more deaths from the pandemic. The Navajo Nation has been hit hard from the outbreak and tribal officials said the latest figures raised the tribe’s total number of cases as of Saturday night […]
WASHINGTON-Thursday, the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice programs announced it has awarded $486,348 to the Navajo Nation as it fights to fend off one of the worst COVID-19 disasters in the United States. The Navajo Reservation consists of 17,544,500 acres of land, most of which lies in San Juan […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials report 69 additional cases of COVID-19 with two more deaths from the coronavirus outbreak. The Navajo Nation has been hit hard from the outbreak and tribal officials said the latest figures raised the tribe’s total number of cases as of Monday to […]
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — On the eve of New Mexico’s shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for one last night of revelry. Before the night was out in the desert oasis on the fringes of the Navajo Nation, […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Residents of the Navajo Nation will be under the strictest weekend lockdown yet, with grocery stores and gas stations closed, and even essential workers ordered to stay home. Navajo President Jonathan Nez made the announcement after a spike in deaths that he attributed to shifting traffic […]
APACHE COUNTY, Ariz. (AP)-Arizona’s Apache County has now surpasses neighboring McKinley County in New Mexico as having the most COIVD-19 cases on the Navajo Nation. Health officials reported 141 additional COVID-19 cases with eight additional deaths on the tribe’s sprawling reservation that has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was supposed to be a virtual public meeting focused on a review of a proposed plan that will govern oil and gas drilling and other development across a vast corner of northwestern New Mexico that is home to a national park and spots important to […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Additional deaths and COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation’s sprawling reservation indicates it’s still not safe for residents to go out in public, the tribe’s president said. The tribal health department late Wednesday reported 147 more confirmed COVID-19 cases with 16 additional deaths from the […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation’s health department is reporting 41 new cases of coronavirus and one more death on the vast reservation. Tribal officials said there have been 3,245 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday night with 103 known deaths. Most of the positive cases are in […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has extended an executive order declaring a state of emergency and government closures to June 7 in an attempt to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. A stay-at-home order for residents on the vast reservation also remains in place. Tribal President Jonathan […]
