WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. ­ Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., today
welcomed the approval of the final air permit from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for the Desert Rock Energy Project.
The Navajo Nation has waited more than four years for the permit that will
enable it to begin construction on the $3 billion, 1500-megawatt coal power
plant that is [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay Jr., chair of the Judiciary Committee of the 21st Navajo Nation Council, announced that the Judicial Branch of the Navajo Nation has three vacancies for district court judge.
Begay said that the Judiciary Committee is requesting members of the Navajo Nation to take a sincere consideration [...]

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Globe, Arizona–Congressional Candidate Mary Kim Titla claims frontrunner status in the District 1 Democratic primary race.  The former TV news reporter shares new internal polling information about the contest.
 “There is no presumptive winner in the primary as some have suggested.  The results show I was tied with Ann Kirkpatrick, but that was two months ago.  [...]

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Pictured: MV Head Coach Bryan Begay at recent Passing Camp at Mustang Stadium
KAYENTA-The Monument Valley High School Mustang Football team normally schedules a game or two outside of the state to gain some experience. However, according their 2008 Football Schedule it seems that has changed.
A couple of years ago, the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) adopted a Powerpoint Ranking [...]

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Window Rock, Ariz. - The 21st Navajo Nation Council convened for a special session Tuesday to consider several pieces of legislation at the historic Navajo Nation Council Chamber.
 
The Council heard an oral report regarding the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP) by Tsosie Lewis, general manager of the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI). The Council accepted the [...]

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Maiden voyage – The Echo Cliff Veterans Organization prepare to bring the Colors across a brand new bridge built recently near the Bodaway-Gap Chapter House on July 14, 2008. (Courtesy photo)
New cell towers, gas station, bridge, road pavement and homes are part of new items
GAP, Ariz. - The communities surrounding the Bodaway-Gap area celebrated and gave commemoration [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Honorable Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan expressed disappointment today with the further delays of meetings with Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. Meetings between the two leaders of the Navajo Nation came to a halt July 21.
Since July 23, President Shirley and Speaker Morgan conducted four face-to-face meetings in an effort [...]

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Flagstaff – July 24, 2008 – On July 21, the 21st Navajo Nation Council began its 2008 Summer Session with a parade of horse riders who rode from the four corners of the Navajo Nation to the historic Council Chambers in Window Rock. In the beginning of the second day of the session, even though [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Honorable Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan announced that a Special Session of the 21st Navajo Nation Council will convene at 10 a.m. on July 29, at the historic Navajo Nation Council Chamber in Window Rock.
The Council’s Ethics & Rules Committee approved the session and the agenda this afternoon.
The sole agenda item [...]

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 Navajo Nation Council could make Navajo casinos smoke-free gaming establishments

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Smoking in public places on the Navajo Nation has been snuffed out by the 21st Navajo Nation Council in a historic vote that leads the way as the largest land-based Indian nation to prohibit smoking in public places.
 
The bill points out that the [...]

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