Chinle

A Pinal County judge issued a temporary restraining order to put on hold the probation against Coolidge High School’s athletics department. The order came after state sports officials placed the school's entire athletics program on a year-long probation amid allegations that Coolidge supporters threatened and used racial slurs against players from Chinle High.

Tribal and state officials have called for an investigation into allegations that attendees at a high school basketball playoff game in Coolidge used racial slurs against players from Chinle High School.

The Navajo Police Department Chinle District is asking for the public’s help in locating Leon Mike Thomas. The 36-year-old artist was last seen Nov. 22, 2023, at the Canyon De Chelly Monument in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. He is known to sell his artwork at the Canyon De Chelly overlook.

Residents of Chinle continue to suffer the effects of devastating flooding that impacted the area in April and resulted from snowmelt.

The Navajo Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person. Twenty-three-year-old Shania Rose Dedman was last seen Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Round Rock, AZ, getting into a red Chevy car of an unknown model with unknown license plates.

The Navajo Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 33-year-old Chavis Crosby. He was last seen in Window Rock trying to hitchhike to Chinle.

U.S. Rep. Eli Crane criticized federal agencies for delaying gravel mine permits for the Navajo Nation as the tribe grapples with a flooding emergency.

Navajo Nation officials say evacuations have been ordered for some residents of Chinle after floodwaters filled washes and overflowed berms and dirt dams.

The Navajo Division of Public Safety is searching for 40-year-old Joann Joe from Chinle who was last seen leaving her residence on Dec. 24, 2022.

The Navajo Nation Police Chinle District is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person. Authorities say 29-year-old Leslie Mitchell last had contact with his family on December 13, 2022.