Navajo Nation
Residents Of The Navajo Nation Will Turn Back Their Clocks Sunday
Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday and most of Arizona won’t have to worry about changing their clocks. However, the Navajo Nation does observe Daylight Saving Time and will have to turn their clocks back. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, which means the Navajo Nation will be back in time withFull Story
Navajo Nation Tribal Council Rejects Plan For A Grand Canyon Tram And Hotel
A plan that would have okayed a hotel and a tram that would take visitors from the top to the bottom of the Grand Canyon has been rejected by the Navajo Nation Tribal Council. Lawmakers voted 16-2 against the project Tuesday. The plan would have developed 420 acres of reservation land that borders the GrandFull Story
Navajo Nation To Debate Grand Canyon Tram Next Week
The Navajo Nation is expected to take up a bill that would allow construction of an aerial tram into the Grand Canyon. The tribe will discuss the legislation next week. Developers say the Grand Canyon Escalade would revitalize the region’s economy, but so far the project has had luke-warm support. The tram would take visitorsFull Story
Flash Flood Watch In Effect Until Midnight For The Navajo And Hopi Nations
A Flash Flood Watch will be in is in effect for the Navajo and Hopi nations, as well as the Grand Canyon, today until midnight tonight. The National Weather Service says an abundance of moisture exists and storms that develop today will be slow moving. Storms could produce rain amounts of one-to-two inches per hour.Full Story
Navajo Nation Votes To Keep NGS Open Through 2019
The Navajo Nation Council has approved a lease extension that will allow the Navajo Generating Station near Page to keep operating through December of 2019. The council voted 18-4 in favor of the extension after about eight hours of debate. The move will keep around 700 people employed at the plant and the coal mineFull Story
Former Navajo Nation Vice President Irvin Billy Passes Away At 77-Years-Old
The Navajo Nation is mourning the death of former tribal vice president Irvin Marcus Billy, who passed away last Friday in Tuba City. Billy was the tribe’s interim vice president from 1989 until 1991 and served as a Navajo Council delegate representing the Tuba City chapter. Billy’s funeral was this morning at the St. JudeFull Story
Former Navajo Nation Chapter Manager Faces 86 Counts After Pocketing Over One-Million Dollars
A former manager of a Navajo Nation chapter in Tuba City is in big trouble. Navajo Nation attorney general Ethal Branch announced this week that Priscilla Littlefoot faces 86 counts of fraud, theft and falsification that took place over several years. She allegedly diverted chapter funds for her own personal use. Branch says Littlefoot pocketedFull Story
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday Morning In Parts Of Arizona
Saturday marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time for 2017. Now, most of Arizona won’t have to worry about moving its clocks ahead an hour, but if you live up on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation, you do. So starting Sunday morning, people on the reservation will be ahead an hour than theFull Story
Navajo Nation President Declares State Of Emergency In Wake Of Winter Storms
Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has declared a state of emergency in response to recent winter storms that hit the reservation hard. The move will free up money from the tribal government to send supplies to areas that need it. Begaye said in a statement “constituents at the chapter level are requesting wood, coal, water,Full Story
Father Of Slain Navajo Girl Is Suing The Tribe
The father of a Navajo girl abducted and killed last year on the Navajo Nation is suing the tribe. The “Farmington Daily Times” reports Ashlynne Mike’s father Gary Mike has filed a civil lawsuit against the tribe for failing to have an emergency notification system and wants a jury to hear it. He says ifFull Story
