Navajo News

Law Change Brings Disaster Declaration for Tribes

President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation this week, making it the second American Indian tribe to receive such a declaration after a law change in January. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina …

State, Feds Impose Fire Bans in Southern Arizona

State and federal land managers have imposed bans on open fires and other activities across much of southeastern Arizona because of high fire danger. Orders from the federal Bureau of Land Management and the Arizona state forester take effect Monday. …