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‘Baby Shark’ creators release Navajo version of viral video

ALBUQUERQUE – Creators of the popular video “Baby Shark,” whose “doo doo doo” song was played at the World Series in October and has been a viral hit with toddlers around the world, have rel...

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sports editor apologizes for tweeting ‘scalps’ after game

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A sports editor for a New Mexico newspaper apologized this week after using “scalps” in a tweet to describe a high school basketball team defeating a team with Native Am...

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Church’s Native Hope Solar brings light and heat to Navajo families

Durango’s First United Methodist group’s efforts grow among isolated residents

DATE: Dec 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Baby Shark’ Navajo auditions help to close generation gap

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Seven-year-old Drew Wilson, of Rock Point, Arizona, was clearly nervous as she stood in front of several video cameras and photographers Sunday. Wilson w...

DATE: Dec 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man pleads guilty in death of Navajo Nation police officer

ALBUQUERQUE – The man accused of gunning down a tribal police officer in a remote corner of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-Navajo housing CEO: Nude photos part of revenge plot

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A former Navajo Housing Authority CEO says he deleted nude photos of him and his wife on a company cellphone, but his predecessor restored them out of anger. ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Baby Shark’ creators plan Navajo version of popular video

ALBUQUERQUE – Creators of the popular video “Baby Shark,” whose “doo doo doo” song was played at the World Series in October, are developing a version in Navajo. Pinkfong, a brand...

DATE: Dec 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Navajo Nation ends energy company’s general indemnity agreement

Leaders cite financial concerns over liability

DATE: Nov 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo Transitional Energy becomes third-largest coal producer in U.S.

Company has acquired mines in Wyoming and Montana

DATE: Oct 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo company keeps 1,200 workers after buying 3 coal mines

BILLLINGS, Mont. – A Navajo Nation company says it will retain 1,200 employees at three coal mines in Wyoming and Montana that it bought through a bankruptcy auction. The announce...

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI investigates homicide in northeast Arizona

Man killed in home invasion in Sweetwater

DATE: Sep 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Virtual reality used to highlight uranium contamination

GALLUP, N.M. – Activists are using virtual reality technology to focus on areas of the Navajo Nation affected by uranium contamination. The arts collective Bombshelltoe has collec...

DATE: Sep 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News