FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — On the vast Navajo Nation, the needs are many: more police officers and better pay, housing, social services, roads and water. With the expected closure of a coal-fired power plant and mine on the reservation next year, financial resources will dwindle. The task of replacing roughly […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Jordan Love threw for a career-high 448 yards and four touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown, all in the first half, and Utah State dominated New Mexico 61-19 on Saturday for the Aggies’ seventh straight win. Love was 23 of 32 in the first half when […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Climatologists say conditions are right for development of an El Nino weather pattern that could bring wetter than normal conditions this winter in drought-stricken area of the southwestern U.S. But weather researchers said Wednesday that even if an El Nino occurs, that doesn’t assure that parched […]
LOGAN, Utah-The 6-1 Utah State Aggies, off to their best start since 1974, host New Mexico Saturday in hopes of remaining undefeated in Mountain West Conference play. If the Aggies can get to 7-1, this represents their best start since 1965. The Aggies have traditionally struggled against the Lobos, as […]
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Its high-scoring offense largely kept at bay, Utah State turned to defense and special teams to earn its sixth straight victory, 24-16 over Wyoming on Saturday. Jontrell Rocquemore’s 20-yard interception return on the first play of the second half set up a 3-yard TD run by […]
LAS VEGAS-Tuesday, during the Mountain West Conference’s men’s basketball media day, Utah State was picked to finish ninth by media from around the league. The Aggies received 78 overall votes, finishing ahead of Air Force and San Jose State. Burgeoning national power Nevada, who made the Sweet Sixteen in last […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney took up the question of water shortage this week in Utah, one of the driest states in the country, during a debate as he runs for a U.S. Senate seat in his adopted home state against Democrat Jenny Wilson. But federal water managers […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists are challenging a court ruling over whether water from the Rio Grande is properly accounted for and being used in beneficial ways as it flows through New Mexico’s most populated region. They say the state’s top water manager needs to do more to reduce use […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Four Native Americans who claimed they were sexually abused while enrolled in a now-defunct Mormon church foster program decades ago filed paperwork to dismiss their cases after reaching financial settlements, a lawyer said. Allegations have been made against the church by more than a dozen tribal […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is breaking ground on a travel center at its casino east of Flagstaff. Tribal lawmakers finalized a $10 million loan agreement for development and construction earlier this year. The money comes from a fund established through a 2014 settlement of a lawsuit that […]
