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Some Ariz. Counties Choosing To Cremate Indigent
PHOENIX (AP) — Paupers graves for the indigent in Arizona are giving way to cremation in three counties, with others considering following suit.
Faced with budget cuts, a lack of space or both, Yavapai, Navajo, and Yuma counties have taken to cremating the indigent rather than burying them. A burial costs nearly three times the amount [...]
Navajo Lawmakers special session
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo lawmakers are scheduled to meet in a special session tomorrow to consider overriding two presidential vetoes.
Lawmakers approved a measure by a 67-6 vote to turn over power reserved for the tribe’s attorney general to the legislative counsel last month .
The tribe also favored a bill that prohibits the tribal [...]
Relief Workers Ate Steak, Navajos Scraped By
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Some emergency workers charged with helping Navajos stranded by a snowstorm last month were dining on $22 steaks and $40 meals at taxpayer expense.
The Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff reports that a group of 12 people listed as hay deliverers rang up a bill of $519.86 at one meal, ordering 10 [...]
Knowing Medical Needs Key In Ariz. Storm Response
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In the Navajo community of Klagetoh, like others across the vast reservation, health representatives make it a point to know where all the high-risk residents live and what their medical needs are.
So when wintry weather stranded hundreds of people in deep snow and mud, community members got out their maps, [...]
Probe of Navajo President Moves Ahead with Attorney General’s OK
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) – An investigation into whether the leader of the country’s largest American Indian reservation and others broke any laws in connection with two companies that operated on the Navajo Nation is moving forward.
Tribal Department of Justice attorney Henry Howe told lawmakers last week that Attorney General Louis Denetsosie soon will file [...]
FBI Investigates Nun’s Death on Navajo Reservation
NAVAJO, N.M. (AP) – A 64-year-old nun has been found dead in her residence at St. Berard Mission Church on the Navajo Indian reservation, and authorities believe she was murdered.
The FBI says Sister Marguerite Bartz failed to show up to Sunday Mass so a colleague went to check on her and found her body.
Her vehicle, [...]
Some Fear EPA Regulations for Future of Reservation Power Plants
PHOENIX (NAZ Today) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rules that would require the Navajo Generating Station and the Four Corners Power Plant to install new emissions equipment which could potentially put power rates out of reach for users.
The plant supplies low-cost electricity for the Central Arizona Project Canal to pump water to Phoenix and [...]
Navajo Council Postpones Snowbowl Plans
FLAGSTAFF (AP) – Navajo lawmakers held off Thursday on a vote to secure an appraisal for an Arizona ski resort that operates on a mountain the tribe considers sacred.
The bill’s sponsor, Raymond Maxx, says wording to purchase the Arizona Snowbowl outside Flagstaff drew concern from delegates.
The Tribal Council voted 41-27 to refer the legislation to [...]
Ground Broken for New Kayenta Hospital
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Construction is under way on a new 10-bed Indian Health Service hospital in Kayenta, Ariz.
Project managers said the new facility is intended to improve health care access for the isolated Navajo Nation community.
Kayenta community involvement coordinator Malcolm Benally said a primary objective of the new hospital is reducing patient wait times [...]
Navajo Nation Transportation Meetings
In conjunction with ADOT, the Navajo Department of Transportation is holding two meetings to inform the public about an ongoing transportation project within the Navajo Nation.
The meetings will allow the public to ask questions and learn about the current status of the Navajo Nation Long Range Transportation Plan. The issues to be discussed include the future [...]
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