SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — The oldest of several Navajo Nation fairs starts this week in Shiprock. The Northern Navajo Nation Fair features traditional dances and ceremony, art displays, livestock sales, a rodeo, parade and royalty pageants. The exhibit hall, Indian Market and carnival open Thursday on youth and elder day […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Government hospitals placed Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols for prescribing and dispensing the drugs, according to a federal audit released Monday. The report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials are in search of funding to replace two, deteriorating tribal jails. U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan toured one in Shiprock last week that has asbestos, lead and mold. The Farmington Daily Times reports Lujan saw cracks in walls, plumbing issues and cramped spaces in what […]
NASCHITTI, N.M. (AP) — Navajo Nation authorities say one person is dead following a shooting involving police officers but that no officers were injured. The tribal police department said Thursday that the incident occurred in Naschitti, a community located along U.S. 491 between Gallup and Shiprock in northwestern New Mexico. […]
