Window Rock News

Evelyn James, 54, of Tuba City, and a tribal council member of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona, pleaded guilty Wednesday to false statements, theft from a tribal government receiving federal funds and money laundering, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Patricia Anne Davis, of Seattle, Wash., explains the history of the Native American Church June 18 at the 60th Annual Native American Church of North America Convention in Window Rock.

The district school board voted against renewing his contract in April, giving no specific reason.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Tom Arviso, Jr., publisher of the Navajo Times newspaper, has been named the winner of the 2009 John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award by the University of Arizona School of Journalism and the Arizona Newspaper Foundation.

For reasons that may not be reasonable, we'll dispense with names and call our trio of travelers by where they sat: Back Seat, Shotgun, and Wheel Man.

Once simple, the practice of American Indian medicine is becoming more complex as medicine men travel around the globe and laws governing use of feathers, herbs and plants become more stringent.

ACCORDING to Navajo creation stories, the first holy people passed through three worlds - Black, Blue and Yellow - before settling here, in the White, or Glittering, World.

St. Michaels, Ariz., family claims that a tribal police officer had no justification to shoot Brett Williams, 29, killing him outside the family home on Klagetoh Drive.

Two students will represent Arizona in the 82nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee this week in Washington, D.C. Peoria resident So-Young Chung, 13, is returning for her second consecutive appearance in the competition.

As teachers and students walked by on their way to the cafeteria just before their lunch hour Wednesday, a Shonto Preparatory School student hanged herself from the bleachers at the school's stadium, a faculty member who witnessed the event reported.

A third lawsuit has been filed in Navajo tribal court alleging abuse by a former Franciscan priest who worked in Arizona and New Mexico parishes more than two decades ago.

The HorrorPops are finally coming to Window Rock. The L.A.-based Danish band will perform at Nakai Hall on May 14 starting at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $13 and $15 at the door.

The federal Centers for Disease Control is already reporting cases of swine flu in California, Texas and several other states.

The Navajo Nation is the latest place in which drivers will be prohibited from using their cell phones unless they're handsfree.

The Central Consolidated School District board selected in closed session Monday the top four contenders from a pool of 12 for the position, eliminating five who also applied during the summer 2008 search.

A KOB viewer submitted this photo to YouNews of the McDonald's sign on the Janke's vehicle in Window Rock, AZ.

High winds on Wednesday toppled the McDonald's restaurant's golden arch onto a sports utility vehicle while a couple was sitting inside at the restaurant's Window Rock parking lot.

A Navajo man has alleged a priest assigned to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup nearly 30 years ago sexually molested him.

Navajo lawmakers are scheduled to meet in a special session Friday, just days before their five-day spring session starts.

Outreach efforts by the Translational Genomics Research Institute extend to the far corners of Arizona.