In a declaration May 12, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer extended the Navajo Nation’s public health state of emergency to include the period from May 18 to June 7 with Executive Order Number 004-20.

That will mean:

All Navajo Nation government offices and enterprises shall remain closed to minimize the spread of the corona virus disease. Only essential employees, as determined by respective division directors or enterprise management, shall report to their respective worksites.

Essential Employees are defined as those workers necessary to maintain basic, direct government or enterprise services, either working in their offices or...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer gave their thanks to Protect the Sacred, actress Joely Fisher, Nestlé Purina, the Arizona Army National Guard, Navajo Nation Attorney General Doreen N. McPaul, and attorneys and staff with the Navajo Nation Department of Justice for coordinating efforts to provide bags of cat and dog food to help Navajo families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Throughout this pandemic, we’ve focused our attention on the Navajo people so it’s good to see that we are now helping families with pets. For some, cats and dogs are a part of the family and it costs money to keep them fed. A big thank you to these...

FARMINGTON -  The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to participate in an informational pre-application virtual workshop for the Shiprock Solar Project on May 27 from 6 pm-8 pm.

The proposed project area encompasses 1,980 acres of BLM-administered public lands and 555 acres of private lands that are located approximately 4 miles north of Waterflow, N.M., near the Public Service Company of New Mexico-operated San Juan Generating Station.

The proposed project would produce approximately 372 megawatts of electricity. It would connect to the existing Western Area Power Administration Substation via an approximately 1,400-foot 345kV transmission line, using a constructed Main...

The FBI announced last week that agents have finally been able to track down a Shiprock man who was being sought for hitting a BIA Police Officer who was trying to get him to exit his vehicle.

A press release from the FBI said the incident occurred near the Shiprock High School on Jan. 22. Two men, one a Navajo police officer and the other an official for the BIA, neither of whom were identified by name in court records, were driving on a service road near the high school when they came upon a car parked in the middle of the roadway.

They smelled the odor of marijuana being emitted from inside the vehicle.

The BIA official walked up to the driver’s side door and saw Derrick Begay...