Navajo Nation reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has said he is concerned about 85 news COVID-19 cases that were found late last week on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

FBI back on Navajo Nation looking to solve murder of two brothers

The FBI has returned to the Navajo Nation to try and gather more leads in a double homicide case involving two brothers who went missing in Sawmill, Arizona in March.

Republica Empanada in Mesa collecting supplies for Navajo Nation
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Republica Empanada in downtown Mesa has been collecting and distributing food and other critical supplies to rural areas in the Navajo Nation since the COVID-19 pandemic started. They'll be accepting donations for their 19th trip to the reservation until Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.

Church sex abuse lawsuit targets diocese in Arizona, Indiana

A Navajo man is suing the Diocese of Phoenix after he says they allowed a priest into a Navajo Nation school despite his predatory history with children.

Navajo Nation has no coronavirus deaths for 3rd time this week

The latest figures bring the total number of COVID-19 cases on the vast reservation to 10,369 with the known death toll remaining at 556.

Navajo Nation has no coronavirus deaths for 2nd consecutive day

Tribal officials said 106,194 people have been tested on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and 7,255 have recovered from COVID-19.

Navajo Nation reports 22 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

The Navajo Nation has implemented a stricter weekend lockdown as it looks into new clusters of coronavirus cases from family gatherings and off-reservation travel.

Navajo Nation reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

Tribal officials said 104,884 people have been tested on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, and 7,250 have recovered from COVID-19.

Navajo Nation reports 32 new coronavirus cases and no deaths

Tribal officials said 104,746 people have been tested on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and 72,250 have recovered from COVID-19.

Judge won’t extend time to count Navajo Nation mail-in ballots

Navajo Nation residents will not get an extra 10 days after Election Day for their mail-in ballots to be counted, a judge has ruled.

Judge mulls giving more time to count Navajo Nation mail-in ballots

A lawyer representing six Navajo Nation members said mail service on the reservation is much slower and argued that Arizona’s requirement for ballots be turned in to by 7 p.m. on election night would disenfranchise tribal members.

Navajo Nation will participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials

“Several COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials are making progress across the U.S. and it’s important that the Navajo people have an opportunity to participate in a Phase 3 trial,” Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said in a statement.

Flags to be flown at half-staff Sept. 15 after two Navajo Nation members die at Fort Hood

Two soldiers from Arizona's Navajo Nation died at Texas Army Base, Fort Hood, marking deaths 27 and 28 at the base this year. Now, Navajo Nation's President is calling for answers.

Navajo Nation reports 9 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

Much of the Navajo Nation has been closed since March as the coronavirus swept through the vast reservation that extends into New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.

Death row inmate Lezmond Mitchell executed in Indiana

Lezmond Mitchell, a Native American, became the fourth person to die on death row from a lethal injection this year, for the killings of a woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter in 2001.

Nurse helps to give residents of Navajo Nation 'equal opportunities to fight this virus'

An ICU nurse is working to make sure residents of the Navajo Nation have an equal chance to fight COVID-19 as it's been one of the hardest hit spots during the pandemic.