WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Police Department confirms two employees have tested positive to COVID-19.

The Navajo Police Department Office of Chief of Police was notified of the confirmation on April 13.  The employees have been placed on self-quarantine and are monitoring their symptoms.

“Our employee’s health and well being is a priority and as essential employees working in the field of public safety, we are not immune from the possibility of having one of our law enforcement family contract the virus. As the numbers of positive cases increase across the Navajo Nation, so does our risk of being exposed.” Chief Phillip Francisco said.  “The health and safety of our...

Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services is asking for surgical and procedural masks.  RMCHCS is requesting that individuals or businesses with access to these types of mask contact RMCHCS at (505) 863-7162.

Senator George Muñoz, D-McKinley, Cibola, San Juan has addressed Gallup Mayor Jackie McKinney requesting a curfew in Gallup. In In the April 10 letter, Muñoz said he was making the request due to the COVID-19 outbreak spreading rapidly at Na' Nizhoozhi Center, Inc. among clients who stay at the facility each night.

Muñoz made mention in the letter, that he had previously requested that Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham stop the sale of alcohol at convenience stores. He expressed his disappointment that instead of focusing on convenience stores, she stopped the sale at liquor stores.

In addressing McKinney, Muñoz explained his reasoning in requesting a curfew for the city and...

Due to a spike in recent positive cases of COVID-19, the McKinley County Board of Commissioners held an emergency meeting April 13 to discuss establishing a curfew to aid in slowing the spread of the illness.


Another factor to slow the spread of cases is potentially banning the sale of alcohol during the curfew, in part to the concern of inebriated individuals testing COVID-19 and then going around Gallup with no place to go and thus risking exposing others to the illness.


But, this argument was rebutted during the meeting because the data showed most of the alcohol sales in Gallup occur between 10 am and 4 pm, and the curfew would not go into place until 8 pm through 5 am....