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Former Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch has joined Miller Nash LLP, where she advises tribal governments and enterprises from the firm’s Seattle office.

Patrick Yazzie, a Page Police Department crime scene specialist and retired detective, was named the City of Page’s Going the Extra Mile employee of the month for June, according to a June 3 city announcement.

Amanda Elshire has been named executive cook at the Page Community Center.

Jason M. Nez, the lead fire archaeologist at Grand Canyon National Park, received one of the 2026 Governor’s Heritage Preservation Honor Awards for protecting cultural and historic resources during the 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire.

Derrick Watchman, a longtime finance and economic development executive, has been selected as chairman of Native American Bank’s board of directors, succeeding Kent Paul after 22 years in the post.