Navajo Nation

Coal

Navajo Transitional Energy becomes third-largest coal producer in U.S.

Company has acquired mines in Wyoming and Montana

October 26, 2019

Feds give Navajo uranium contract to firm with sketchy past

EPA awarded Tetra Tech a contract despite questions about false reporting and profiteering

October 21, 2019

Cortez

Indigenous Peoples Day recognized at Cortez Cultural Center

Battle Rock school learns Native American perspectives

October 14, 2019

Arizona

FBI investigates homicide in northeast Arizona

Man 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

Tribe 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

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Investigators with the Navajo Nation are seeking more than $34,000 from the tribe’s former legal counsel…

July 17, 2018

Navajo Nation begins negotiations with possible new coal plant owner

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Leaders from the Navajo Nation say they’ve begun negotiations with a potential new owner of a…

July 17, 2018

Local News

3 gang members head to prison for crimes on Navajo Nation

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Three northern Arizona residents are going to prison for their roles in a criminal street gang that…

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

Event 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

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to confound the Japanese in World War…

April 23, 2018

Local News

Fort Lewis College students bring solar energy to Navajo Nation

Panels installed at community gathering place

March 25, 2018

Company that leases farm land on Navajo agrees to fine

FARMINGTON — An Idaho-based company that leases farm land on the Navajo Nation has been fined for failing to post…

March 20, 2018

Local News

Navajo president says he’ll OK emergency Head Start funding

Begayedu1-i-syn FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye says he’ll approve funding to shore up the tribe’s Head Start…

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

ALBUQUERQUE — Police in Albuquerque have identified a decapitated body found in the Four Hills area. Authorities say 39-year-old Andra…

December 31, 2017

Local News

FBI seeks potential sex abuse victims on reservation

Fydel Jonesdu1-i-syn FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The FBI is casting a wide net for potential victims of sexual abuse by a…

December 10, 2017