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Since the Black Mesa Peabody Coal mine shut down in August 2019, the railroad that transported coal 78 miles from the Peabody Energy Mine near Kayenta, Arizona, to the Navajo Generating Station power plant in Page, Arizona, hasn’t seen much traction, but that’s about to change.
Watching the threat of a government shutdown and the ousting of the U.S. House Speaker, former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said that is when he knew he had the opportunity to help, prompting him to jump into the race for Arizona’s largest congressional district.
Nez is a Democrat who will seek to unseat incumbent Republican Eli Crane, right-wing conservative, in the election in November 2024. Nez served as president of the Navajo Nation until January 10, 2023. Elected president of the Navajo Nation in 2019, Nez through his decisive and compassionate leadership led the Navajo people through the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Fort Lewis College professor secured federal funding to help provide access to electricity for a chapter of the Navajo Nation. Laurie Williams, a physics and engineering professor, is putting $100,0...
Indigenous headlines for Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022