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Supreme Court hears Navajo water rights case with …

3/20/2023
WASHINGTON – When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, it will be considering fairly technical legal questions, but the answers could have a large impact on water allocation in the Colorado River basin.

Chinle Man Sentenced to More Than 30 Years

1/5/2023
Alberto Toddy, 35, of Chinle, Arizona, was sentenced on December 19, 2022, by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 365 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from …

7/31/2022
FLAGSTAFF — Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages in World War II using a code based on their native language, has died. Sandoval died late …

SRP line crews ‘Light Up Navajo’

5/11/2022
It took four weeks of up to 16-hour workdays, but Salt River Project linemen successfully connected more than 50 Navajo families to electric service despite rough terrain, high winds, snow and mud in …

Tempe company screens documentary at SXSW

3/23/2022
A documentary short film from GoDaddy, headquartered in Tempe, made its debut at Austin’s prestigious South by Southwest film festival this March. 

GPS could have saved life of elderly missing Florence …

2/2/2022
What should have been a 10-mile drive turned into a fatal 200-mile odyssey for a 91-year-old Florence resident. George Thompson Robertson had left his home at 9 a.m. on Sept. 23 to go to a …

Bible, Jehovah’s Witnesses literature translated to …

1/29/2022
The official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses — jw.org — includes content in more than 1,030 languages, including many Indigenous languages considered at risk of dying out. Among …

Native American arts festival returning to Litchfield …

1/3/2022
The Gathering at Litchfield Park is back this January for its 30th year celebrating Native American heritage through the arts.   This invitation-only festival showcases the work of more …

‘I’ve always enjoyed government and politics’

4/18/2021
Matthew Williams was working toward bachelor’s degrees in history and political science at North Georgia College when he decided to pursue a career in city management, but his passion for municipal service was stoked much earlier.

Southwest Valley nonprofits fill critical gaps for …

4/3/2021
If there’s any advice Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank Executive Director Leanne Leonard would give to other nonprofits participating in Arizona Gives Day on Tuesday, April 6, it would be “promote, promote, promote!”

Bashas’, First Fruits fund 42,000 emergency meals …

8/7/2020
Bashas’ Family of Stores and First Fruits are funding 42,000 emergency meals for children and families on the Navajo Nation through St. Mary’s Food Bank.

Arizona organization receives $1.3M for upcoming …

11/28/2019
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners awarded over $1.3 million of grant funding to support elk habitat enhancement and hunting heritage projects in Arizona. The RMEF directly granted …