Community
Torch run participants, local bands raise awareness for Special Olympics
A police unit lead the way on Saturday afternoon for a handful of runners participating in the annual “Guardians of the Flame” Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Arizona (SOAZ), which started earlier in the day in Window Rock with five bicycle riders.
Japanese activists visit uranium area
While Larry King, a former uranium miner-turned activist, recounted the 1979 Church Rock uranium spill through a megaphone last week, Japanese anti-nuclear activists listened intently.
An archive of longings
The old photographs show two men, adorned in turquoise and wearing traditional Navajo outfits, letting their horses drink on one side while a woman weaves and a family poses outside their hogan on the other.
Conference zeroes in on DV, media
For most, conferences are a way to get the resources they need, but for Juanita Williams they’re a positive outlet that helps her continue to stay clean.
Ganado elders weigh in on Sage lawsuit against IHS
GANADO, AZ According to Harriet Tracy, an older member of the Ganado community, it’s all about money. That was her response when the subject of the Sage Memorial hospital lawsuit
Blue Bird Pinups host Easter Egg-stravaganza
As a way to give the local community a day of family fun, the women of the Blue Bird Pinups (BBP) has hosted their 2nd annual Easter Eggstravaganza.
‘Creating something new’
The garden expo on March 12 was an oasis for people ready to venture out and to dig their hands in the dirt. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corp.’ s Health Promotion Diabetes Prevention Center celebrated this year the latest trends in gardening, landscaping and edibles, and attracted hundreds of people across Northwestern Navajo.
NTU celebrates ACF accreditation
As people sat down at tables covered with white linen, students from Navajo Technical University hustled and bustled in the kitchen.
Brothers continue work to save Thoreau Community Center
When brothers Nayo and KeHugh Swan first learned that their local community center faced closure due to lack of funding, they wanted to help raise funds to keep it open.
