PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo Nation officials in eastern Arizona are trying to determine if a satellite or a high-altitude weather balloon crash-landed in a remote area of the reservation. Tully Begay, vice president of the tribe’s Dennehotso Chapter, told The Arizona Republic that the object landed about 1,200 feet from […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Voting rights advocates had long argued that if Native Americans and other minority groups were mobilized, they could be decisive in a tight race. This year proved that. Voter turnout on swaths of tribal land in Arizona surged compared with the 2016 presidential election, helping Joe Biden to […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday reported 135 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and eight additional deaths. The latest figures bring the total number of known cases to 13,880 with 613 known deaths. Tribal health officials said 141,751 people have been tested for COVID-19 since […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials are reporting 197 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The latest figures released Monday night bring the total number of known cases to 13,596 with 603 known deaths. Tribal health officials said 139,498 people have been tested for […]
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials are reporting 117 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths. The latest figures released Sunday bring the total number of known cases to 13,373 with 602 known deaths. Tribal health officials said 138,332 people have been tested for COVID-19 since […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday will reinstate a stay-at-home lockdown for the entire reservation while closing tribal offices and requiring new closures and safety measures for businesses due to rising COVID-19 cases. The lockdown goes into effect Monday for a three-week period, tribal officials announced […]
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 98 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The latest figures released Wednesday night bring the total number of known cases to 12,818 with 596 known deaths. Tribal health officials said 134,358 people have been tested for COVID-19 […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday warned residents of the “uncontrolled spread” of COVID-19 in 34 communities on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. “We are dealing with an invisible monster and the only way we are going to […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday reported 79 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The latest figures bring the total number of known cases to 12,720 with 595 known deaths. Tribal health officials said 133,733 people have been tested for COVID-19 since […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 70 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The latest figures released Monday night bring the total number of known cases to 12,641 with 594 known deaths. Tribal health officials said 132,720 people have been tested for […]
