Window Rock News

A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.--During its first year of operation, Fire Rock Navajo Casino saw more than 1.3 million people walk through its doors.

ASUa s Labriola National American Indian Data Center is preparing to hold a book signing with two Navajo Code Talkers as part of a traveling exhibit on display at the Tempe campus.

The son of the late Navajo Code Talker Willard V. Oliver, Sgt. Major Virgil Oliver, salutes his father one last time Saturday in Lukachukai, Ariz.

Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., disappointed with council action to place him on leave, attributes it to his government reform effort By GEORGE HARDEEN, Office of the President & Vice President, Navajo Nation WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.

Navajo lawmakers voted Monday to place the tribe's president on administrative leave, pending an investigation into allegations of ethical, civil or criminal involvement with two companies that had been operating on the reservation.

26, to consider a resolution to place President Joe Shirley Jr. and members of his staff on leave.

Harry Tso, Jr.,39, of Window Rock, Ariz., was arraigned in federal court yesterday on one count of Embezzlement from an Indian Tribal Organization.

Navajo lawmakers will have a crowded agenda when they meet this week for their fall session, and many of the bills have been considered before.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. a " Another Navajo Code Talker has died.Family members say 88-year-old Willard Varnell Oliver died Wednesday at a Veterans Administration hospital in Prescott, Ariz.

Police say Tyrone Wright died Saturday afternoon at Gallup Indian Medical Center after being found stabbed in a ditch on Gallup's north side.

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. was not stranded in London earlier this week, and no, he doesn't need your money to pay travel debts.

Jymn Mariano, from Mariano Lake, N.M., looks at a photograph in the Navajo Nation Museum's "Through the Lens: DinZ Photographers" exhibit Tuesday in Window Rock.

Eva Smiley, legislative aid to the Resources Committee, hides from the photographer behind documents that list numerous checks written to her daughter and father at the legislative branch offices on Sept.

State police say a 21-year-old Gallup man has died after the pickup truck he was driving was struck by a drunk driver.

TOP: Henry Yabah's older sister Annie Douglas hugs her long-lost brother's arm during their reunion Saturday in Pretty Rock, N.M. Douglas had not seen her brother since they were separated more than 70 years ago.

Johnny Whitton, guitarist and vocalist for the California-based punk band Collinz Room, plays in the early hours of Sept.

The Navajo Nation flag sways in the wind as dancers step with their partners in the social song and dance at the Annie Wauneka Arena at the Window Rock fairgrounds during the 63rd Navajo Nation Fair on Saturday.

A teary-eyed newly crowned Miss Navajo Tashina Nelson, 19, from Round Rock, Ariz., speaks to the crowd Saturday night at the Dean C. Jackson Memorial Arena in Window Rock.

One year after their hugely successful Solar Expo held in Window Rock Arizona, Gallup Solar with the Navajo Nation are preparing for their second annual Solar Expo.A This expo is designed to engage and educate the local community, and encourage solar power usage and development in the region.A The theme for this yeara s event, which will be held at ...