Navajo County welcomes new peace officers | Navajo-Hopi Observer
First published: January 16, 2024 at 11:05am SNOWFLAKE — Northeast Arizona's “Thin Blue Line” is getting a little bit stronger with the Dec. 15 swearing-in of four new peace officers. Cadets recently completed an intensive 21-week Arizona Peace Officer Training Standard (AzPOST) at the Northeast Arizona Law Enforcement Training Academy (NALETA) at Northland Pioneer College […]
Navajo County Sheriff’s Investigators Served Numerous Search Warrants In Joseph City And Phoenix Wednesday In Relation To A Missing Joe City Teenager – KAFF News – Flagstaff
The Navajo County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday executed multiple search warrants in Joseph City and Phoenix in connection with the search for missing 17-year-old Jarrett Brooks. The boy had been missing since the morning of July 4 from his home in Joseph City, just west of Holbrook on Interstate 40. Brooks was last seen around […]
Navajo Nation Demands Delay To A Moon Mission With Human Remains, White House Reportedly Steps In
The Navajo Nation has issued a statement calling for the postponement of a moon mission scheduled to bring cremated remains, reportedly forcing the White House to intervene, the group acknowledged. The White House and other government officials reportedly held last-minute talks on Friday after Navajo Nation President Boo Nygren on Thursday expressed “no” to the […]
Navajo County Sheriff’s Office executes search warrants for teen missing since July 2023
The Navajo County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday that it has executed multiple search warrants to investigate the disappearance of a teenage boy. The agency said 17-year-old Jarrett Brooks has been missing from his home in Joseph City since July 2023. Chief Deputy Brian Swanty told The Arizona Republic that officers executed a search warrant at […]
Navajo County deputies execute search warrants for missing teen
The Navajo County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday that it has executed multiple search warrants to investigate the disappearance of a teenage boy. The agency said 17-year-old Jarrett Brooks has been missing from his home in Joseph City since July 2023. Chief Deputy Brian Swanty told The Arizona Republic that officers executed a search warrant at […]
Navajo County man seeks dismissal of charge over online post after deadly attack in Australia
A Navajo County man has asked a U.S. court to dismiss charges that he made threatening comments online against law enforcement, days after he took part in an online exchange with people who carried out a deadly attack in Australia. I'm looking for it. Attorneys for Donald Day Jr., of Heber, Ariz., said in a […]
Navajo Nation School Safety and Mental Health Summit welcomes school leadership | Navajo-Hopi Observer
Premiered: July 18, 2023 at 12:19 PM WINDOW ROCK, N.M. — The Navajo Diné Department of Education (DODE) partnered with Central Unified School District, Kayenta School District, Navajo Police Department, first responders, community leaders, educational leaders and stakeholders to host the first Navajo School Safety and Mental Health Wellness Summit June 29-30. Attendees converged at […]
Suffolk County water quality, Supreme Court ruling on Navajo Nation, and the Greenway Trail
Last Chance to Give Clean Water a Chance I know it’s a “Casablanca” moment to argue that politics is the reason Republicans on the Suffolk County Council punchbag the Clean Water Restoration Act, but that’s what happened recently in Riverhead. “Sewerage Project Is ‘Fast Sinking’,” News, June 23]. Counties voted to introduce a resolution authorizing […]
Navajo advocates push back against proposed hydrogen pipeline
hydrogen: Defenders rebel against Proposed hydrogen pipeline Beyond the Navajo, it would argue that it is the perpetuation of the energy colonialism that has ravaged the region for over a century. (capital and major) again: The California Energy Commission Converting forest biomass into hydrogen fuel. (Biomass Magazine) Oil gas:• California Permits for oil and gas […]
Justices grapple over Navajo water rights, government’s duty to tribe
Navajo President Boo Niglen stands behind Navajo code talker Peter McDonald in a wheelchair outside the Supreme Court as judges challenge tribes to federal treatment of their water rights. was inquired. (Photo credit: Alexis Waiss/Cronkite News) WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices on Monday approached government lawyers on the allegation that a treaty placing the Navajo […]