Announces Appointments To Key Education Council

PHOENIX – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer today announced the appointment of Dr. Carol Peck as Chair of the “Governor’s P-20 Coordinating Council of Arizona.”  Dr. Peck will lead the new council in recommending ways to achieve a more streamlined system of education while improving academic achievement in Arizona. 
 
“I am [...]

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PHOENIX – Joshua Phillips, 33, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell.  Phillips pleaded guilty on April 28, 2009, to Second Degree Murder.
        Phillips and co-defendant Augustine Thomas were involved with the homicide of an adult male on the Gila River Indian Reservation. [...]

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PHOENIX – A Kayenta Health Center emergency room employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury for accepting a bribe. Ella Babbitt, 46, has been charged with one felony count of Receiving a Bribe by a Public Official.  Babbitt has been served with a summons to appear in federal court on September 2, 2009, [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has announced grants totaling $19.6 million that were awarded to 102 tribal police departments and governments.  This amount includes $3.3 million that the Department of Justice awarded to tribes in Washington State yesterday.  Twenty nine of the tribes that received [...]

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Page, AZ – Thirteen vessels, including a houseboat, were swamped during
a brief but intense storm that struck Lake Powell on the afternoon of
Saturday, June 22. No injuries were reported.
At approximately 4:15 p.m., National Park Service dispatch at Glen
Canyon National Recreation Area broadcast a weather alert over the
marine narrowband radio channel advising all vessels on Lake [...]

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Technical Assistance Encourages Multi-Disciplinary Approach to DEC in Indian Country
        PARKER, Ariz. – The Colorado River Indian Tribes hosted a training workshop on August 25 in Parker to explore ways to better shelter and protect children in drug endangered environments.  Tribal leaders joined judges, social services, health care, substance abuse, and law enforcement personnel in [...]

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PHOENIX – Approximately two dozen  tribal and municipal  police officers completed a three day training course last week led by federal prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix.  Those that pass an exam, administered by  U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), will receive special certification to enforce federal laws on reservations.
        The training was [...]

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The ALCO team looks at the Business Site Lease areas on a Township map. 
KAYENTA, AZ – Developer Larry Manuelito, his son Larry, Jr., Kevin Downey, the CEO of ALCO, Ben R. Doud, an Investor Financier, and their entourage flew into the Kayenta Airport late Wednesday morning and met with the Kayenta Township Economic Development Director-Ed Whitewater and Community [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., today ordered flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at half-staff from August 26 through August 29 in honor and recognition of the late U.S. Army Specialist Troy Orion Tom, 21, who was killed in Arghandab, Afghanistan on Monday (local time) supporting Operation Enduring [...]

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PHOENIX  – Jarvis Jay Dixson, 27, of Winslow, Ariz., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mary H. Murguia to 41 months in federal prison.  Dixson pleaded guilty on March 31, 2009, to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, which occurred in Dilkon, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation.
        On August 19, 2008, Dixson was involved [...]

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