Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., U. S. House assistant speaker Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., introduced the Coronavirus Community Relief Act.  He was joined by Congressmembers Joe Neguse, D- Colo., Andy Levin, D-Mich., and Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., in support of providing $250 billion in stabilization funds for local communities, towns, and cities across the United States that need relief amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, signed into law on March 27, provided stabilization funds for states and larger communities, but capped the localities able to receive direct support at those with populations of over 500,000. This excludes some large metropolitan...

President Nez: ‘When we isolate ourselves, we isolate the virus’

After announcing a stay-at-home order, ordering all essential businesses to close, and even implementing a nightly curfew, the number of positive COVID-19 cases is still rising on the Navajo Nation.

The Navajo Department of Health and Navajo Area Indian Health Service, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center, said there are 488 cases on the Navajo Nation as of April 8, with another 62 cases being confirmed that day.

The 488 cases include the following counties:

Navajo County, Ariz.: 186

Apache County, Ariz.: 50

Coconino County, Ariz.: 116

McKinley County, N.M.: 45

San Juan County, N.M.: 70

Cibola...

Things will be quiet on the Navajo Nation from 8 am April 10 to 5 am April 12 as the Nation conforms to a 57-hour curfew ordered by the Navajo Department of Health in conjunction with the Navajo Nation Public Health State of Emergency Declaration (CEM Resolution No. 20-03-11) on April 5.

Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-005 states that due to the community spread of COVID-19, all individuals on the Nation and across the nation shall be at home during curfew hours, except in the event of an emergency.

The curfew does not apply to essential employees reporting to or from work, with official identification and/or a letter of designation from their employer on official letterhead...

WHIPPOORWILL, Ariz. - A Navajo Police Department vehicle was reported stolen from a Navajo Police officer who was checking on a vehicle parked on the side of the highway at milepost 28 on Navajo Route 4 in Whippoorwill, Ariz.

While checking on the vehicle about 3:52 am April 8, the officer made contact with three male individuals, two of whom were handcuffed and detained in the police unit. The officer was in the process of getting information from the third individual when the office heard loud noises and thereafter the vehicle was stolen.  The officer heard three shots fired from the police unit when it was taken.  The suspects were identified as Jessie Nez from Whippoorwill, Ariz...