Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation Reports 75 Communities With 'Uncontrolled' COVID-19 Spread

By • Jan 19, 2021
Navajo Nation Council

Navajo Nation health officials say there’s now uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 in 75 communities on the reservation.

Navajo Nation, New Mexico Reach Settlements Over Mine Spill

By • Jan 14, 2021
Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP, File

The Navajo Nation’s Department of Justice has settled with two mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that sent wastewater downstream from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado.

  

Navajo Nation Sees COVID-19 Case Surge From Holidays

By • Jan 7, 2021
Screenshot/courtesy

Navajo Nation health officials reported 222 new known cases of COVID-19 and one more death Wednesday.

More Than 70 Navajo Nation Communities Have Uncontrolled COVID-19 Spread

By • Jan 5, 2021
AP, file

Navajo Nation health officials say 73 communities on the reservation have uncontrolled spread of coronavirus.

More Than 700 Navajo Homes Connected To Electric Grid Using CARES Act Funding

By • Jan 5, 2021
NNOPVP

The Navajo Nation has tapped funds it received for COVID-19 relief to connect more than 700 households to the electrical grid. It’s part of a multi-year effort to reduce the approximately 15,000 homes without electricity on the reservation. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports.


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