Navajo Nation

Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters has been arrested. And the Navajo Nation Council accepted funding for the first large-scale fiber-optic communications network for the tribe.

Thousands of Coloradans are getting ready to flock to the mountains for the long Memorial Day Weekend, and meteorologists say travelers should be vigilant about increased fire danger. And leaders from the Navajo Nation, the federal government and the state of Utah signed a water rights agreement on Friday.

A 2018 murder shocked a small Navajo community just south of Bluff, Utah. Federal agents arrested a suspect later that year. But since then the victim’s family has lived without closure. And in fear.

A proposed bill in the Navajo Nation Legislature would repeal a portion of a law that prohibits same sex marriage. And Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and First Lady Nez met with officials at the White House last week.

Four Corners K-9 Search and Rescue is the latest organization helping Native families find missing loved ones. They operate mostly in the Navajo Nation where resources for rescue are spare. KZMU’s Justin Higginbottom spoke with the founder of the group about what she and her two dogs find in the deserts of this region.

The Navajo Nation has around 250 police officers for some 27,000 square miles. That’s an area just larger than West Virginia. Throw jurisdictional constraints for county police in the mix and it means many on the reservation can’t depend on a speedy response to crime.

Communities across the Navajo Nation and the surrounding region are without power after a storm bringing powerful winds moved through the Southwest.

An independent redistricting commission has approved a new map for Colorado’s state senate districts; The 24th Navajo Nation Council will host the annual “Break the Silence” domestic violence awareness march on Monday.

The 69th annual Miss Navajo Nation Pageant concluded on Saturday with the crowning of Niagara Rockbridge. According to tradition, Miss Navajo represents womanhood and fulfills the role of “grandmother, mother, aunt, and sister to the Navajo people and therefore she can speak as a leader, teacher, counselor, advisor and friend.”

Coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations continue to rise in Colorado and across the region; Authorities in the Navajo Nation have issued a health advisory saying that there is uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 in dozens of Navajo communities.