Author: Donovan Quintero

The Navajo Nation and U.S. Navy are on their way to becoming official partners and may one day help patrol the waters of the world, thanks to efforts of U.S. Sen. John McCain, who chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Forces, the 22nd Navajo Nation Council’s Naabik’iyáti’ Committee and the secretary of the Navy.

With no rain in the forecast for the reservation and expected temperatures to go into the three-digit range, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye signed an executive order and put into place a Stage 1 fire restriction that will remain in effect until further notice.

A Stage 1 fire restriction for the the Mount Taylor District, which is comprised of two mountain ranges – Mt. Taylor and the Zuni Mountains – will go into effect on Thursday…