WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer presented the State of the Navajo Nation Address on Oct. 17, the opening day of the 24th Navajo Nation Council’s Fall Council Session.
Jonathan Nez thanked the 24th Navajo Nation Council for approving $1 billion in funding through...
In Loving Memory
MOU agreement finalized to provide medical detoxification services, treatment at Crownpoint Detention Facility
CROWNPOINT – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez was joined by Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Executive Director Jesse Delmar, Four Corners Detox Recovery Center Program Director Barry Ore, and Western Sky Community Care, Inc. CEO Jean Wilms on Oct. 18 as they signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish...
Working to end hunger
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham awards $10 million in Food Security Grant funding to 40 organizations
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Oct. 7 the recipients of $10 million in funding through the Food Security Grant to invest in infrastructure improvements for New Mexico’s food system, part of a larger...
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Oct. 7 the recipients of $10 million in funding through the Food Security Grant to invest in infrastructure improvements for New Mexico’s food system, part of a larger...
Gov. meets with reproductive health care providers
ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham met with reproductive health care providers on Oct. 6 to hear firsthand about their work delivering comprehensive reproductive health care to New Mexicans.
The governor and providers discussed recruiting and training health care staff, investing in provider training, provider...
The governor and providers discussed recruiting and training health care staff, investing in provider training, provider...
Nez, Lizer appoint two division directors
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer announced the appointments of Bidtah Becker to serve as the Executive Director for the Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources and Oliver Arviso as the new Division Director for the Division of General Services on Sept. 19. Both...
Nez, Lizer honor the life of Navajo veteran Louis Jones
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer issued a proclamation in honor and remembrance of Diné veteran Louis Jones on Sept. 19. Jones passed away on Sept. 13 at the age of 96. He was originally from Chinle, Ariz., located on the Navajo Nation.
“On behalf of the Navajo...
“On behalf of the Navajo...
New Mexico to deliver $10.9 million in utility assistance
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Human Services Department announced on Sept. 19 that a second supplemental payment was issued on Sept. 16 to New Mexicans who were approved for the Low Income Home Energy Program between Oct. 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022.
HSD received $22 million from the Federal American Rescue Plan as...
HSD received $22 million from the Federal American Rescue Plan as...
New Mexico to deliver $89 million in food assistance
SANTA FE – Families for almost 228,000 New Mexico students will receive benefits starting on Sept. 18 through Sept. 26 to cover the summer months of June and July 2022.
Over $89 million in Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer will be issued to cover summer meals for K-12 students who were eligible for free or reduced...
Over $89 million in Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer will be issued to cover summer meals for K-12 students who were eligible for free or reduced...
Nez meets with U.S. Secretary of Labor to advance workforce development initiatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Navajo Nation Washington Office Executive Director Lashawna Tso met with the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Martin J. Walsh, and Tribal Liaison Jack Jackson, Jr. in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14 to coordinate the implementation of federal funding and identify additional...
Luján, Murray, Padilla, Rosen introduce legislation to protect doctors from Republicans’ anti-abortion attacks
Washington D.C. – Senator Ben Ray Luján D-N.M., joined Senator Patty Murray D-WA, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Alex Padilla D-CA, and Senator Jacky Rosen D-NV, on Aug. 2 and introduced the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act to protect doctors against...
Meeting Aug. 13 to determine District 1 County Commissioner
Democrats from McKinley County’s District 1 will gather Aug. 13 to nominate a new candidate for the County Commission, following the withdrawal of Ernest C. “Charles” Becenti III from the District 1 race.
Democrats from McKinley County’s District 1 will gather Aug. 13 to nominate a new candidate for the County Commission, following the withdrawal of Ernest C. “Charles” Becenti III from the District 1 race.
The meeting is open to all Democrats, and any registered Democrat living in District 1 is eligible to run for the job, but hopefuls are encouraged to pick up forms from the Democrats’ County Central Committee Chair Maryann Armijo and return them by Aug. 10....
Democrats from McKinley County’s District 1 will gather Aug. 13 to nominate a new candidate for the County Commission, following the withdrawal of Ernest C. “Charles” Becenti III from the District 1 race.
The meeting is open to all Democrats, and any registered Democrat living in District 1 is eligible to run for the job, but hopefuls are encouraged to pick up forms from the Democrats’ County Central Committee Chair Maryann Armijo and return them by Aug. 10....
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