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Candidate forum focuses on youth issues

 Elders and youth listen to introductions and responses at the presidential candidates forum at the Winslow Residence Hall on Tuesday in Winslow, Ariz.

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Council approves referendum on electing judges

A referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot will ask Navajo voters if district court judges and Supreme Court justices should be elected, rather than appointed as they are now.

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By Noel Lyn Smith
Navajo Times

 

 

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iconRights panel: Diné must lead fight

fter hearing some delegates describe their own or their constituents' personal experiences of racial discrimination, the Navajo Nation Council on July 19 voted 45-3 to accept the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission's report on race relations in border towns.

iconSacred sites need protection, preservation, panel told

Some Navajo landmarks are easily distinguishable as sacred, such as the four mountains that define and protect Dinétah. But many others are much closer, and often are known only to those closest to them, a panel was told.

iconPolice Blotter: Body found in Flagstaff ID'd as Cameron man

Forty-five-year-old man found in culvert near Flagstaff Mall.


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July 22, 2010

iconCrownpoint to celebrate 100 years

Crownpoint has a rich historical background that needs to be shared and celebrated.

iconGood news, bad news in Shirley's report

Tribal council declines to hear president's quarterly report, so Shirley fires off press release criticizing council and listing his accomplishments.

iconTobacco tax hike passes, spending bills shelved

The tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase from 40 cents to one dollar.

iconChoosing the military

Soldier turned down college, Major League Baseball to serve his country.

July 15, 2010

iconConflict at the Confluence

As the tribe eyes the Grand Canyon rim for tourism, locals fear they're being overlooked.

iconFilling the gap

Collaborative project takes aim at pet overpopulation, disease.

iconWar rages on

Debate over line-item veto override moves to this week's summer session.

iconReview finds problems with veterans spending

Auditors identified questionable awards of assistance, and that some chapters used Veterans Fund money to pay for costs that were not allowed.

icon'Management errors' to blame for fair losses

LoRenzo Bates (Upper Fruitland), chairman of the council's Budget and Finance Committee, says the Navajo Nation Fair lost more than $400,000 over two years due to "administrative management errors."

July 8, 2010

iconHigh court to Joe: No

Navajo Nation Supreme Court rules Shirley cannot run again until 2014.

iconPermit problems

An elderly rancher and a BIA agent tussle over a Nazlini grazing permit.

icon Election office: Solid reasons for term limits

High court heard argument that term limits were imposed in 1989 to prevent a government crisis caused by too much power centralized in a single elected office.

iconCouncil candidate disqualified for felony DWI conviction

The Office of Hearings and Appeals has disqualified Phillip Harrison Jr. as a candidate for Navajo Nation Council after learning he had failed to disclose the 2009 matter.

iconElected judges, extended council terms on summer session agenda

The looming battle to override President Joe Shirley Jr.'s first use of the line item veto has so far defined the summer session of the Navajo Nation Council, but there are other meaty bills on the agenda as well.

iconRights report confirms problems, charts strategy

The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission has approved a report stating that Navajo people have endured racism and discrimination in towns and cities that border the Navajo Nation.

July 1, 2010

iconShirley's effort to run for 3rd term thrown out

All parties involved seem intent on quickly resolving the question of President Joe Shirley Jr.'s eligibility to run for a third term.

iconCentral schools, ed czar meet on Nataani Nez

A meeting between the Central Consolidated School Board and Navajo Nation Superintendent of Education Andrew Tah is scheduled to begin today, Thursday, at 10 a.m. at the Department of Diné Education in Window Rock, according to a CCSD press release.