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WEBBuilding wellness: Ground breaking for Bodaway-Gap Health Clinic. Sep 17, 2024. BODAWAY GAP, Ariz. — Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation marked a significant milestone in the construction of its new Bodaway Gap Health Clinic with a “Beam Signing Event” Sept. 11. Held near the construction site adjacent to the Gap School, the event ...
Health, Education, and Human Services Committee push …
WEB4 days ago · WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — On Sept. 9, the Navajo Nation Council’s Health, Education, and Human Services Committee (HEHSC) deliberated a report from the Navajo Nation Broadband Office (NNBO) on the Digital Equity Initiative. “We are working to create solutions that address not only today’s issues ...
Indigenous radiation victims demand Congress end delay, …
WEB4 days ago · A past march for RECA expansion in Washington D.C. (Photo/NNC) WASHINGTON — Navajo Nation citizens and other Southwest tribal members plan to march to Capitol Hill Sept. 24 to demand Congress end its delay and pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act. As many as 70 Navajos and their families who have been impacted by ...
Navajo Nation to consider changing name to Diné Nation
WEB4 days ago · Sep 16, 2024. Members of the Law and Order Committee at the Sept. 11 meeting in Window Rock, Ariz. (Photo/NNC) WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation Council’s Law and Order Committee advanced legislation Sept. 11 that seeks a referendum allowing Diné voters to decide whether to change the official name of …
Navajo Nation Council unanimously supports continued …
WEB4 days ago · WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation Council unanimously approved emergency Legislation No. 0206-24 Sept. 16, which if approved by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, will secure a 6-month Continuing Resolution to avoid employee layoffs and continue critical government operations beyond the …
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WEBWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — On Aug. 15, the Navajo Nation Council’s Naabik’íyáti’ Committee received a report from the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Office (NNFRF), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Office of the Controller (OO…
Bill to increase child support on Navajo Nation moves forward
WEBSep 10, 2024 · WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Law and Order Committee approved amendments to the Navajo Nation Child Support Act Aug. 19, increasing child support payments and modifying the inclusion of in-kind, non-cash contributions and services. Legislation No. 0195-24, sponsored by Law and Order Committee Vice Chair Cherilyn Yazzie, seeks to amend and update ...
State of emergency on Navajo Nation due to winter weather
WEBJan 8, 2024 · WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation continues to maintain a State of Emergency declared by the Navajo Nation Commission on Emergency Management due to severe winter snow storms and subsequent mud from snowmelt creating potential public health and safety risks across the Navajo Nation. Nygren granted two hours of Administrative Leave for ...
Final COVID restrictions lifted on Navajo Nation
WEBMay 9, 2023 · On May 6, Nygren signed an order that lifted the last of the COVID-19 restrictions that mandated masks be worn in schools, healthcare facilities and assisted-living homes. (Photo/NNOP) WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Buu Van Nygren was not coy about his intention to lift the COVID-19 mask mandates on the Navajo Nation once elected.
Hope and resilience in action: Navajo Nation, Tuba City continue …
WEBDec 21, 2021 · TUBA CITY, Ariz. — It’s a familiar sight to anyone who knows the Navajo Nation: red sandstone, yellow-tinged sagebrush, a blue sky canopy that meets a protective ring of mountain peaks, with sheep and cattle dotting the fields.
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