Red Mesa Chapter News Today

Navajo Election Administration staff accepted candidate forms at the Navajo Nation Museum on the final day.

The Daily Universe By FELICIA FONESCA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The largest Native American reservation in the U.S. includes parts of three Arizona counties, all of which had different approaches to precinct voting in the 2020 general election. Voters in Apache County had to cast ballots at the polling location they were assigned. People registered in Navajo County could vote anywhere in the county. Coconino County used a hybrid model. The Navajo Nation has long argued the appr...

Tribes say voting access hurt by US Supreme Court ruling Felicia Fonseca Tags:  Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, photo, Brandon Nez displays his flag at near his jewelry stand in Monument Valley, Utah, where tourists stand the highway to recreate a famous running scene from the movie "Forest Gump". As Native American tribes around the country fight for increased access to the ballot box, Navajo voters in one Utah county could ti...

Mutt of the Week: Big Head This past weekend, Underdog Animal Rescue and Rehab went to the Red Mesa Chapter on the Navajo Nation to host a free spay and neuter and low cost vaccination clinic. As soon as our staff settled into the chapter house, this week’s mutt showed up wagging his tail and looking for affection. As the clinic started, the pup we nicknamed Big Head went with our volunteers to each car to help get folks registered and checked in. He was starting to cause a ruckus though. He ...

New report: Methane waste and pollution a growing problem on the Navajo Nation Oil and gas industry wasting $4.8 million in Navajo natural gas, as much as $1.2 million in tribal royalties every year Author: News Release Environmental Defense Fund As the Navajo Nation works to enact new requirements to protect air quality and limit methane waste and pollution on Navajo lands, an updated analysis shows this is a growing problem with oil and gas companies wasting disproportionately more energy tha...

Navajo Nation solar project will cement San Juan County’s position as exporter of renewable energy The remote county in southeastern Utah has seen its share of oil and uranium booms. Will wind, solar and pump-hydro be next? (Courtesy of the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President) Navajo Tribal Utility Authority officials and Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin Parrish look on as Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez signs the lease agreement for the Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Generation ...

Monday, 19 April 2021 Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Council Delegate Charlaine Tso, and Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin Parrish gathered together to finalize a lease agreement with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority for the development of the Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Generation Plant, which will produce 70-megawatts of emissions-free solar energy once construction is completed in the community of Red Mesa, Ariz. “This is another milestone for the Navajo Nation as we continue to transition to...