WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Residents on the Navajo Nation will be under another lockdown this weekend as the tribe seeks to keep the coronavirus from spreading even further into communities. The lockdown is the fourth the tribe has implemented. It comes around the first of the month when tribal […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has 97 new cases of coronavirus and another death, according to health officials. The Navajo Department of Health said there are 1,637 known coronavirus infections across the reservation as of Saturday evening and 59 people have died. The numbers don’t include cases […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Friday reported six new deaths and 180 new cases of COVID-19. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the big increase in cases is partially due to increased testing. The Navajo Department of Health says there are 1,540 known coronavirus infections […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Health officials are reporting 78 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation along with three more deaths. The Navajo Department of Health said Thursday that the tribe now has 1,360 positive COVID-19 cases and 52 known deaths. Of those who have tested positive, health […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The closure of the Navajo Nation’s tribal government because of the coronavirus outbreak is being extended into late May. Tribal President Jonathan Nez on Wednesday announced that he issued an executive order Tuesday extending the closure of government offices and related facilities to May 17 […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Department of Health has reported 63 new cases of coronavirus on the vast reservation with three more deaths. The Navajo Nation now has 1,206 positive COVID-19 cases and 48 known deaths as of Tuesday. But tribal health officials said the numbers don’t include […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer have vetoed a resolution that sought to cancel the tribal council’s session less than three days before the scheduled start. The Navajo Nation Council is required to hold four regular sessions each year in the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Positive coronavirus tests in Arizona now have reached nearly 5,000 with 184 known deaths, state health officials said Sunday. The Arizona Department of Health Services said the 4,929 cases around the state were 210 more than Saturday’s total with seven additional deaths. The Mohave County Health Department […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is ordering all people on the tribe’s sprawling reservation to wear protective masks when out in public to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. Tribal officials announced Friday night that the Navajo Department of Health issued an emergency health order for […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government is giving the Navajo Nation temporary authority to use unassigned airwaves to provide wireless broadband service over the tribe’s sprawling reservation that includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The Federal Communications Commission said its wireless telecommunications bureau on Friday granted the requested […]
