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The nine-year-old program brings the federal court to Navajo Nation, rather than making parolees travel long distances. Utah has seen improved community outcomes and a decrease in recidivism.

Utah State University Blanding professor Gustavo Ovando-Montejo and three high school students from the Navajo Nation used old-school methods to survey the Aneth Chapter borders of the Navajo Nation.

FARMINGTON — The Navajo Election Administration will hold a special election on March 16 to fill vacant seats in several chapter governments on the Navajo Nation. The vacancies remained from the November 2020 general election for chapter governments and other offices, according to the election administration. Special elections will occur in two chapters in the Northern Agency. Voters in Tooh Haltsooí Chapter will decide who will serve as secretary-treasurer on its Council of Naataani. Candi...

Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past? Regulations on uranium mining and milling have grown far more stringent over the last 40 years, but opposition remains strong. (Courtesy of Dom Smith | EcoFlight) Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah, is the last conventional uranium mill still operating in the United States.   | Jan. 30, 2021, 1:00 p.m. San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulat...

Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past? Zak Podmore © Dom Smith (Courtesy of Dom Smith | EcoFlight) Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah, is the last conventional uranium mill still operating in the United States. San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulations on radioactive material were just starting to emerge in the United States. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission w...