FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The closure of a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation sooner than expected will be a major blow to a region where coal has been a mainstay of the economy for decades. Arizona Public Service Co. now plans to shutter the Four Corners Power Plant near […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP)-One of Arizona’s largest utilities is seeking companies to build solar plants to provide up to 400 megawatts of power, including 200 megawatts from Navajo Nation facilities, officials said. Salt River Project issued a request for proposals Jan. 15, The Farmington Daily Times reported. The energy produced will […]
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A former Navajo Nation Council delegate is being remembered for his years of public service and inspiration to others. Tribal officials say a funeral for John Perry Jr. is scheduled Thursday morning at Cope Memorial Chapel in Gallup. Meanwhile, flags will be lowered across the Navajo Nation. […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)-The Navajo Nation says it is working with Congress to fund the tribe’s proposed Department of Medical Examiners. The Gallup Independent reports Navajo Law and Order Committee Chairwoman Eugenia Charles-Newton says the panel is seeking full funding amid overworked criminal investigators. Navajo criminal investigators have been handling deaths on […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)-Transportation officials for the Navajo Nation have reported it would take 116 years and $7.9 billion to meet current infrastructure needs. Tuesday, the Gallup Independent reported officials from the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation reported the figures as part of a $320 million bonding plan drafted to fund […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A sports editor for a New Mexico newspaper apologized this week after using “scalps” in a tweet to describe a high school basketball team defeating a team with Native American student-athletes. Hobbs News-Sun Sports Editor Jason Farmer said Friday the tweet was “very inappropriate and […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)-The Navajo Nation says it is seeking to become one of the first Native American tribes to create its own managed health care entity. The tribe recently announced it plans to contract with Molina Healthcare to work toward a managed health care offering under New Mexico’s Centennial Care […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)-The Navajo Nation says it is seeking to become one of the first Native American tribes to create it’s own managed healthcare entity. The tribe recently announced it plans to contract with Molina Healthcare to work toward a managed healthcare offering under New Mexico’s Centennial Care Medicaid program. […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)-The first college established decades ago by an American Indian tribe in the United States is now working to create a law school. Formal efforts picked up speed with a recent two-day symposium held at Diné College on the Navajo Nation. Officials talked about everything from the college’s […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Creators of the popular video “Baby Shark,” whose “doo doo doo” song was played at the World Series in October and has been a viral hit with toddlers around the world, are developing a version in Navajo. Pinkfong, a brand of the South Korea company SmartStudy, […]
