SALT LAKE CITY-Sunday, the Utah Department of Health released the daily numbers for COVID-19 in the Beehive State. There have been 7,238 positive tests for COVID-19 in Utah. This is an increase of 170 positive tests from Saturday’s totals and an increase of 15 net positive tests in the past […]
TSAILE, Ariz. (AP) — A college on the Navajo Nation has a record number of students receiving bachelor’s degrees. Diné College holds one graduation ceremony each year in the spring. It was scheduled Friday, but the coronavirus changed that. Instead, students are being recognized for a month on the college’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP)-Many governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines for safely easing restrictions and letting businesses reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, an Associated Press analysis found. The AP determined that 17 states did not meet a key benchmark set by the White House for loosening […]
WINDOW ROCK, N.M. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials report six additional deaths from COVID-19, raising the total on the tribe’s reservation to at least 79 as of Tuesday. Tribal officials also reported 85 additional positive COVID-19 cases, raising the total on the reservation at least 2,599 as of Tuesday. The […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Democrats have dropped efforts to block the state’s mail-in primary election June 9 after Clark County agreed to provide more in-person polling places in Las Vegas and election officials agreed to other changes intended to protect the rights of elderly and disadvantaged voters. Lawyers for Nevada’s […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has not sent any payments to tribal governments from a coronavirus relief package approved in late March. The agency said it has not determined how to allocate $8 billion in funding that was set aside for tribes. It said it would post […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican state leaders in Oklahoma and Utah are facing scrutiny for spending millions of dollars combined to purchase malaria drugs promoted by President Trump to treat COVID-19 patients that many other states obtained for free and that doctors warned shouldn’t be used without more testing. While […]
Undrafted Free Agent Tracker After the NFL Draft concludes every year, those who were eligible to be drafted but were not for whatever reason, immediately become free agents and are free to sign with whichever team they would like to. While the chances are slim to make the final roster […]
COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — The FBI has issued its first poster in a Native American language, seeking information in Navajo on the death of an elderly man six years ago on the New Mexico portion of the vast Navajo Nation reservation. Wilson Joe Chiquito, 75, was beaten to death at […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s office issued an executive order allowing individuals to electronically gather signatures on a referendum to put the controversial Olympia Hills development up for a public vote. The governor’s office said they recognize social distancing because of COVID-19 and the adverse effect it may […]
