The Office of the President and Vice President of the Navajo Nation has ordered all flags on the Navajo Nation be flown at half-staff to honor the memory and service of the late Albert Hale from Feb. 3 through Feb. 6.

Hale is a former Navajo Nation president (1995-1998) and Arizona state legislator; in the Ariz. State Senate from 2004-2011 and in the Ariz. House of Representatives  from 2011-2017, representing Arizona's 22 tribes. He was the second president of the Navajo Nation in the 1990s.

Hale died Feb. 2 due to complications from COVID-19. He was 70.

The Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President, in coordination with the family of the late Albert Hale, will host a memorial event in honor and remembrance of the former President of the Navajo Nation. The memorial event will be held on Feb. 5 at 11:00 a.m. MT. The event will be live-streamed on the Nez-Lizer Facebook page and YouTube channel, and aired live on KTNN AM 660, FM 101.5 and KKNS AM 131.