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Navajo Nation files lawsuit to extend voting hours in Apache County. Nov 5, 2024. WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Due to consistent polling machine issues experienced by Navajo voters residing in Apache County Nov. 5, the Navajo Nation has filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona to extend general election voting hours by two hours in Apache County.
$148M to go to improvement of all Navajo Nation senior centers
10 hours ago · WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Members of the Navajo Nation Council joined Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren at the Leupp Chapter House Nov. 6 as he signed resolution CO-43-24, approving $450,000 to renovate the Crownpoint Senior Center and over $148 million to the Division of Aging and Long-Term Care Support to improve 85 senior centers across the ...
Judge extends lithium drilling freeze, a major win for Hualapai …
9 hours ago · Exploratory wells have damaged the water flow at Ha’ Kamwe’ in Wikieup, Ariz. on March 5, 2022. A federal judge extended a temporary pause of exploratory drilling as part of a lithium mining project near the Hualapai Tribe’s sacred site after the court found that irreparable harm from drilling is likely. “Lithium exploration is an ...
President Nygren’s tax strategy brings $140M to tax commission …
10 hours ago · OPVP. WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has collected $140 million in taxes for Fiscal Year 2024 — which is $29 million more than projected. Since January 2023, the Navajo Nation Tax Commission has seen a significant shift in how contracts awarded to Navajo-owned businesses are taxed. “It’s the highest we’ve brought in so far ...
Bomb threats target Navajo and Hopi polling stations
10 hours ago · On Election Day, Nov. 5, four polling locations were threatened in Navajo County. The FBI has since indicated that the bomb threats are believed to be part of an international hoax. At approximately 1:23 p.m., the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office received a call for service from Joseph City Unified School District indicating they had received ...
Printer errors plague Navajo voting sites, leading to long lines and ...
1 day ago · Arizona Mirror. CHINLE, Ariz. — With temperatures dropping in the final hour that polls are open, voters at some Apache County polling locations faced long wait times to cast their ballot — and Navajo Nation leaders convinced a judge to keep the polls open until 9 p.m.
President Buu Nygren, Navajo Hopi Land Commissioners Tso, …
Oct 27, 2024 · WASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and the Navajo Hopi Land Commission were at the White House Oct. 21 to request that President Joe Biden appoint a commissioner for the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR), based in Flagstaff.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. – Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced that the Chilchinbeto Chapter of the Navajo Nation has made a decision with the Arizona Treasury to invest their local funds in the Local Government Investment Pool (LGIP).
In Nygren’s absence, Montoya provides the State of the Navajo …
Oct 24, 2024 · WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation Council convened for the 2024 Fall Council Session at the Council Chamber in Window Rock, Ariz. Oct. 21, to begin receiving reports and considering legislations including the State of the Navajo Nation Address as mandated by Navajo law. For the third time ...
Final COVID restrictions lifted on Navajo Nation
May 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.