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June 26, 2020 at 5:40 pm

Judge: Alaska corporations can get tribal virus relief money

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Alaska Native corporations are eligible for a share of coronavirus relief funding set aside for tribes, a federal judge ruled late...

June 21, 2020 at 8:39 am

Dad, brother’s deaths leave family bereft on Father’s Day

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Philip Reagan had a new job in California, and his older brother Matthew wanted to go along for the ride. They...

June 10, 2020 at 6:06 pm

Report: Bullet that killed woman fired from airman’s rifle

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A bullet taken from the skull of a woman whose body was discovered in northern Arizona was fired from a rifle...

June 3, 2020 at 10:03 pm

Report highlights voting inequities in tribal communities

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American voting rights advocates are cautioning against states moving to mail-in ballots without opportunities for tribal members to vote safely...

May 28, 2020 at 10:02 am

Man charged in Mennonite woman’s death grew up in the faith

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In a forest clearing outside Flagstaff, Arizona, Sasha Krause was found cold and stiff, with a bullet wound to the back...

May 15, 2020 at 2:09 pm

Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Residents of the Navajo Nation will be under the strictest weekend lockdown yet, with grocery stores and gas stations closed, and...

May 12, 2020 at 4:50 pm

Judge: US not unreasonably delaying virus relief for tribes

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is not unreasonably delaying the release of coronavirus relief funding to Native American tribes, a federal judge...

Mabel Charley, left, applies hand sanitizer as she arrives to care for her home-bound uncle in his hogan, a traditional Navajo dwelling, in Chilchinbeto, Ariz., on the Navajo reservation on April 21, 2020. The Navajo reservation has some of the highest rates of coronavirus in the country. If Navajos are susceptible to the virus’ spread in part because they are so closely knit, that’s also how many believe they will beat it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

May 11, 2020 at 7:37 am

‘The grief is so unbearable’: Virus takes toll on Navajo VIEW

TUBA CITY, Arizona (AP) — The virus arrived on the reservation in early March, when late winter winds were still blowing off the mesas and...

May 5, 2020 at 1:25 pm

Treasury to begin distributing virus relief money to tribes

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that it will begin doling out billions to help tribes respond and recover from the...

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May 2, 2020 at 3:51 pm

New Mexico takes more drastic measures against virus hotspot VIEW

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A city that is a modern-day trading post on the southern outskirts of the Navajo Nation was on lockdown over...