The Navajo Nation, home to more than 170,000 Navajo, has been hit hard by COVID-19. More than 600 Navajo have died of COVID-19 in parts of three states, and daily positive cases are soaring.

Hawkins said NTEC benefits the Navajo Nation by offering high-paying jobs, providing electricity, and funding the tribal government with 40% of the budget coming from coal mining revenue.

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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Navajo Nation has declared a state of emergency over the drought. Under the order, all government departments will coordinate and implement mitigation plans to ease the ...

The Navajo Preference in Employment Act, known as NPEA, was enacted to “lessen the Navajo Nation’s dependence upon off-reservation sources of employment, income, goods and services.” ...

In the past, she says Navajo Nation Police did not have the proper resources available to help solve missing and murdered cases. Crotty said there were no posters, radio announcements, or notices ...

The people in need are part of the Navajo Nation, living in remote areas of Arizona and New Mexico. “There was an older lady. She was 70 years old. She’s been applying for multiple years now.

“The Navajo Nation people are the nicest, humble people I have ever met in my life, and I would love to go back,” he said. By the end of the trip, nine families had electricity for the first time.

During an address to the Navajo Nation Council he said he wanted to clear up misinformation regarding coal and uranium. "Related to coal, my commitment is not to reopen closed mines.