Prez, Council ponder spending $600M by December
In a rare show of unity, elected officials are actually finding common ground when it comes to spending the $600.5 million in CARES Act funds the Nation has had for nearly a month.
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Positive tests near 4,800; Crownpoint prez frustrated by noncompliance
Tso said they can’t force a patient into the facilities reserved for those who have tested positive to quarantine. It goes back to education and being responsible, she said.
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Health officials report virus cases now above 4,500
“I don’t really want to go into the numbers through the Navajo Nation,” said Gabriel Yazzie, Kayenta Township manager. “I think the numbers don’t reflect the true numbers such as how many individuals have recovered to date.
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COVID-19 donation fund untapped as of yet
Approximately $3.6 million has been donated to the Navajo Nation from tribal enterprises, outside companies and individuals since the Nation began collecting donations, with more coming in daily.
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Former Miss Navajo spends curfew making recipe videos
Dr. Jennifer Jackson-Wheeler is a former Miss Navajo, an associate professor, grandmother and a lover of cooking. She has combined all these attributes into making short cooking videos in Navajo and posting them on Facebook for her one-year-old granddaughter.
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Window Rock Weather
Fair
80.1 F (26.7 C)
Dewpoint: 12.0 F (-11.1 C)
Humidity: 7%
Wind: Southwest at 17.3 gusting to26.5 MPH (15 gusting to 23 KT)
Pressure: 29.93
Dewpoint: 12.0 F (-11.1 C)
Humidity: 7%
Wind: Southwest at 17.3 gusting to26.5 MPH (15 gusting to 23 KT)
Pressure: 29.93
Highway 264,
I-40, WB @ Winslow