Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly ‘put others first’ – St George News
Ben Shelley sits in the crowd awaiting the results of the Miss Navajo Nation pageant on September 11, 2010 in Window Rock, Arizona. Former Navajo Nation President Shelley passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in New Mexico after a long hiatus. Illness, family spokesman Deswood Tome said | Photo credit: Felicia Fonseca, The Associated […]
Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly ‘put others first’
By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press March 23, 2023 Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelley, whose ambitious projects included buying a coal mine, building an aerial tramway to the Grand Canyon, and reconciling water rights with Arizona, has died. Enter your username and password in the fields above to access subscriber content on this site. Your […]
Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly ‘put others first’
Felicia Fonseca Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelley, whose ambitious projects included buying a coal mine, building an aerial tramway to the Grand Canyon, and reconciling water rights with Arizona, has died. Shelley died Wednesday morning at a medical center in Gallup, New Mexico, after a long illness and beside family. Shelley was sworn in […]
Ben Shelly, former Navajo Nation president, dies at 75
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelley, who oversaw issues such as the Navajo Nation’s Wild Horses, the Little Colorado River Settlement and the Grand Canyon Escalade Project, died Wednesday morning after a long illness. he was 75 years old. Shelley was elected Vice President of the Navajo Nation from 2007 to 2011 after serving on the […]
Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly dies at age 75
Shelley was sworn in as president in January 2011 after serving one term as tribal vice president. (Alexa Rogals | AP Photo/The Daily Times file photo) Navajo President Ben Shelley speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony near Farmington, New Mexico, Oct. 7, 2014. Deswood Tomé, a spokesman for his family, said he had been ill for […]
City Clerk Ben Lane appointed to Bipartisan Elections Task Force
Governor Katie Hobbs on Wednesday appointed Scottsdale City Clerk Ben Lane to a bipartisan election task force. created by Executive Order 2023-03 In January, the Governor’s Bipartisan Election Task Force was formed to conduct research and make recommendations to strengthen Arizona’s election laws, policies, and procedures. This task force is made up of experts from […]
Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline
Last week I spent three days at the US-Mexico border near Yuma, Arizona. Having visited the southern border twice before, I have seen first-hand the detrimental impact of the current non-existent border policy on law enforcement and border guards. , and the entire local community. It was heartbreaking to hear from local officials how the […]
Sixth District Perspectives with Congressman Ben Cline: The SHOW UP Act
The House of Representatives has gone full steam ahead this week to get the country back on track. The Judiciary Commission heard from victims and field personnel about the devastating effects of the border crisis. The House also passed two laws to reinstate federal employees to public service and condemn the devastating ideology of socialism. […]