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For Navajo and Hopi tribes, Daylight Savings a time of confusion

The Navajo Nation, which also stretches into Utah and New Mexico, will reset clocks for one hour later despite being situated between two territories that remain on standard time: the rest of Arizona and the neighboring Hopi reservation.

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Around the Rez: March 13

Around the Rez: March 13

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Casting call opens for Navajo translator, voice talent in Route 66 documentary

There is a casting call for a translator and voice artist for the documentary “Route 66: The Untold Story of Women on the Mother Road.”

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‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone hit SAG, Academy Awards

“Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Feb. 24, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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A new chapter for old rails: organizations propose creative uses for Black Mesa-Lake Powell corridor track

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.

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Climate change, cost and competition for water drive settlement over tribal rights to Colorado River

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation, the Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin, is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it.

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Tohatchi alum steps in as new Navajo Nation vet

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren welcomed Dr. David Manuelito, the Navajo Nation’s first veterinarian in over two years, to the Navajo Nation Veterinary Management Feb. 26.

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Oak Springs Chapter House renovation breaks ground

OAK SPRINGS, Ariz. — Navajo Nation Council Delegate Brenda Jesus joined officials from the Oak Springs Chapter during a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 23 to celebrate the construction of the Oak Springs Chapter House kitchen addition and renovation project.

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U.S. Senate votes in favor of RECA reauthorization, add-ons

WASHINGTON — The United States Senate voted (69-30) in favor of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (S.3853), sponsored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) March 7.

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A storytime surprise at Kayenta preschool

A special guest arrived at the Kayenta ABC Preschool Award Ceremony March 5.

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CocoNuts helping to expand FIRST Robotics Competitions, STEAM opportunities to rural Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Coconino High School students were recently featured in a professional video centering on what they are doing to expand access to STEM, STEAM, and the FIRST program in rural communities in northern Arizona.

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Museum of Northern Arizona honors Indigenous youth artists

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Judges recognized young Indigenous artists for their storytelling, unique perspectives, use of color, and reflection on culture in the 2024 Indigenous Art Competition and Exhibition presented by the Museum of Northern Arizona.

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Obituary: Patricia Keller

Patricia Keller, a retired teacher, world traveler and hiker, passed peacefully on Jan. 15.

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Obituary: Robert “Bob” H. Piestewa

Robert “Bob” H. Piestewa Ames, a trailblazing Hopi Indian, first Native American Stanford Law School graduate, and devoted family man, passed away peacefully at his Salinas, CA home on Dec. 5, 2023, at the age of 94.

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Obituary: Donald Ray Petranovich

Donald will be greatly missed by his family and friends, and all the players and relationships he developed over the years.