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5th lawsuit filed against EPA over 2015 Gold King Mine waste spill

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A fifth lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a mine waste spill the agency inadvertently triggered in 2015, polluting rivers in ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation begins negotiations with possible new coal plant owner

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Leaders from the Navajo Nation say they’ve begun negotiations with a potential new owner of a coal-fired power plant on their land. The Navajo Generating Stat...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Complaint seeks $34K from former Navajo Nation legal counsel

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Investigators with the Navajo Nation are seeking more than $34,000 from the tribe’s former legal counsel after she crashed a tribal vehicle and was arrested on suspicion...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation urges expansion of radiation exposure law

Dozens of old uranium mines dot reservation

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico lawmakers challenge Navajo water compact

SANTA FE – Republican New Mexico lawmakers challenged an agreement awarding water rights from the San Juan River to the Navajo Nation, asking the state Supreme Court on Friday to suspend the...

DATE: Jun 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation tightens fire restrictions across reservation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is tightening fire restrictions across the reservation because of ongoing drought. Tribal President Russell Begaye says people should be pra...

DATE: Jun 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation gets federal funds for river recovery

SHIPROCK – The Navajo Nation has been awarded a $1.1 million contract as part of a multi-agency effort to help recover endangered fish in the San Juan River Basin. The U.S. Interi...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribal nations hold some of the best water rights in the West

But to use them, tribes often must negotiate settlements that need federal approval

DATE: Jun 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajos commemorate anniversary of 1868 treaty

ALBUQUERQUE – A group of Navajo runners had reached a dusty New Mexico hilltop while retracing a 400-mile desert route that their ancestors had crossed a century and a half earlier. ...

DATE: Jun 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Tribal nations hold some of the best water rights in the West

But to use them, tribes often must negotiate settlements that need federal approval

DATE: May 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dozens of wild horses found dead amid Southwest drought

Animals were used to finding water in stock ponds

DATE: May 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New film festival seeks Navajo-language entries

Event to showcase short films from around the country

DATE: May 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

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