Feds give Navajo uranium contract to firm with sketchy past awarded Tetra Tech a contract despite questions about false reporting and profiteering October 21, 2019
Cortez Indigenous Peoples Day recognized at Cortez Cultural Center Rock school learns Native American perspectives October 14, 2019
Arizona FBI investigates homicide in northeast Arizona killed in home invasion in Sweetwater September 19, 2019
Kayenta Coal Mine layoffs hit as Navajo Generating Station closure looms A bulldozer crawls over a pile of coal at Peabody’s Kayenta Mine on the Navajo Nation in 2012. The mine… August 30, 2019
Indian Health Services announces new Navajo Area director Roselyn Tso will oversee health care to more than 244,000 Native Americans July 29, 2019
Local News Navajos get funding for manufacturing school National Science Foundation, Commerce Department support manufacturing school November 30, 2018
EPA asks courts to toss Navajo Nation’s lawsuit over Gold King Mine spill seeking $130 million in damages from Gold King spill November 4, 2018
Local News Deputy cleared in fatal McElmo Canyon shootout, then is fired Sheriff Nowlin cites policy violations in fatal McElmo shootout October 26, 2018
Complaint seeks $34K from former Navajo Nation legal counsel The Gallup Independent reports that investigators have filed a complaint with the Navajo Nation Office of Hearings and Appeals. The… July 17, 2018
Navajo Nation begins negotiations with possible new coal plant owner The Navajo Generating Station near Page is scheduled to shut down in December 2019. The plant’s coal supplier has been… July 17, 2018
Local News 3 gang members head to prison for crimes on Navajo Nation The Red Skin Kingz, founded in 2003 in Lukachukai near the Arizona-New Mexico border, sought to instill fear in tribal… May 14, 2018
Navajo man is off Utah ballot, reportedly living in Arizona Investigation found Willie Grayeyes doesn’t live in San Juan County May 11, 2018
Local News New film festival seeks Navajo-language entries to showcase short films from around the country May 1, 2018
Local News Navajo Nation marks 150th anniversary of return to homeland Long-lost copy of historic treaty will go on display April 29, 2018
Local News Navajos say Utah county wants Native candidate off ballot Navajo Nation leaders are protesting a Utah county’s investigation into a Navajo candidate’s residency, saying it’s an attempt to disqualify… April 29, 2018
Local News World War II Navajo Code Talker dies at age 92 The Navajo Nation says Roy Hawthorne Sr. died Saturday. He was 92. Hawthorne enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at… April 23, 2018
Local News Fort Lewis College students bring solar energy to Navajo Nation installed at community gathering place March 25, 2018
Company that leases farm land on Navajo agrees to fine The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Navajo Mesa Farms agreed to pay about $6,000 to settle four violations from 2013… March 20, 2018
Local News Navajo president says he’ll OK emergency Head Start funding Begayedu1-i-syn Tribal lawmakers passed a bill last month to divert $6.3 million from the tribe’s rainy day fund to the… March 3, 2018
Local News Ute Mountain Utes blast House committee over testimony ploy Testimony for modified Bears Ears monument not authorized January 29, 2018
Local News Groups record voting rights abuses against Native Americans Barriers continue to exist January 15, 2018
Local News Police identify decapitated body found in Albuquerque Authorities say 39-year-old Andra Willis of Tohajiilee, a Navajo community west of the city, also had other massive injuries that… December 31, 2017
Local News FBI seeks potential sex abuse victims on reservation Fydel Jonesdu1-i-syn Fydel Jones pleaded not guilty to several charges of abusive sexual contact and theft in October. He’s scheduled… December 10, 2017
Tribal coalition, environmentalists filing suits over monuments file lawsuits, claiming presidential overreach December 5, 2017
