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    Navajo Nation Reports 118 New COVID-19 Cases, 15 More Deaths

    Jan 06, 2021

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday reported 118 new COVID-19 cases and 15 more deaths.

    The latest figures increased the tribe's totals since the pandemic began to 23,978 cases and 837 known deaths.

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    The Navajo Nation implemented a three-week extension on current coronavirus lockdown measures to curtail a severe second surge of the outbreak
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    Navajo Nation Extends Lockdown Due To "Dire" Surge Of Coronavirus

    Dec 07, 2020
    Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez warned the current surge hitting the community is far more severe than in April and May.
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    Navajo Homes Getting Electricity With CARES Act Funding

    Nov 30, 2020

    SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Homes on the Navajo Nation are getting electricity under a program funded by CARES Act money.

    With the funding expiring at the end of the year, crews are working 10 hours a day, seven days a week to reach more homes.

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    Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin P. Parrish puts on a white gown to help distribute food, water, and other supplies to Navajo families on May 27, 2020 in Huerfano on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico.
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    Navajo Nation Enters New Lockdown As Coronavirus Cases Rise

    Nov 16, 2020
    The nation closes nonessential businesses, halts tourism and moves schools online as it battles rising infections.
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    Navajo Nation Orders New Three-Week Stay-At-Home Lockdown

    Nov 16, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday will reinstate a stay-home lockdown order for the entire reservation while closing tribal offices and requiring new closures and safety measures for businesses due to rising COVID-19 cases.

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    Navajo Nation Reports 72 New COVID-19 Cases , 2 More Deaths

    Nov 05, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 72 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths.

    The latest figures released Tuesday night bring the total number of known cases to 11,947 with 586 known deaths.

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    Officials Mark Completion Of Navajo Water Treatment Plant

    Oct 23, 2020

    DZILTH-NA-O-DITH-HLE, N.M. (AP) — Construction has been completed on a water treatment plant that will help provide parts of the Navajo Nation and surrounding areas with a clean and reliable source of drinking water.

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    Navajo Nation Reports 14 New COVID-19 Cases And 1 More Death

    Oct 20, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials are confirming 14 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death.

    The figures released Monday night bring the total number of cases to 10,969.

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    Navajo Nation Reports 31 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths

    Oct 16, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Thursday reported 31 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, but no deaths for the second consecutive day.

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    Program That Provides Coal To Navajos For Heating Resumes

    Oct 15, 2020

    FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A program that provides free coal to Navajos to heat their homes resumes this month.

    Many tribal members still use coal as a heating source, but accessing it became harder after a mine in northeastern Arizona shut down last year.

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    Navajo Nation Has No COVID-19 Deaths For 3rd Time This Week

    Oct 02, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials reported 13 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus Thursday with no additional deaths for the third time this week.

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    Navajo Nation Reports 42 New Coronavirus Cases And No Deaths

    Sep 25, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Thursday reported 42 new confirmed cases of coronavirus but no additional deaths.

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    Navajo Nation Reports 18 New COVID-19 Cases, 2 More Deaths

    Sep 17, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday reported 18 new confirmed cases of coronavirus with two additional deaths.

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    Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez holds a letter from a Navajo family while distributing food, water and other supplies on May 27, on the Navajo Nation Reservation in New Mexico.
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    To Limit COVID-19, Navajo Leader Says: 'Listen To Your Public Health Professionals'

    Sep 15, 2020
    The Navajo Nation has seen a turning point in its battle against the virus. Cases are down dramatically. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says that's because citizens heed public health advice.
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    Navajo Nation Reports 4 New COVID-19 Cases And 1 More Death

    Aug 28, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with one more additional death.

    That brings the total number of people infected to 9,601 with the known death toll now at 499 as of Thursday.

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    Dr. Chris Hoover (left) and Dr. Connie Liu (right) walk through their home with their children Taro, 3, and Hiro, 4 months, in Gallup, N.M. On a short reporting trip across the Southwest, NPR met very different families and asked them the same simple que
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    It's Been A Hard Year. 5 Families On How 2020 Will Shape Their Vote For President

    Aug 26, 2020
    The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.
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    Stay-At-Home Order Lifted As Navajo Nation Starts Reopening

    Aug 18, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has rescinded its stay-at-home order but is encouraging residents to leave their homes only for emergencies or essential activities and errands.

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    Navajo President: Schools Should Use Online Learning In Fall

    Aug 14, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is urging all schools on the tribe's reservation to use online learning during the fall semester to help reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus.

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    Navajo Nation Reports 22 More COVID-19 Cases, 4 More Deaths

    Aug 13, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 22 more cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths.

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    Navajo Nation President Asks Trump To Commute Death Sentence

    Aug 13, 2020

    PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has asked President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence of a Navajo man convicted in the 2001 killing of a fellow tribal member and her 9-year-old granddaughter.

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    Since COVID-19 has much of the Navajo Nation stuck at home, farmer Tyrone Thompson says it's the perfect time for them to return to their agricultural roots.
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    Navajo Nation Sees Farming Renaissance During Coronavirus Pandemic

    Jul 28, 2020
    The Navajo Nation is having a farming renaissance in the era of COVID-19. More residents are turning to traditional agriculture as they're under strict travel limits due to the coronavirus.
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    Navajo Nation Extends Closure Of Government Offices

    Jul 23, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez signed an executive order Wednesday to keep parts of the tribal government closed through mid-August because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Navajo Nation Reports 44 More COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths

    Jul 13, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials are reporting 44 more coronavirus cases on the tribe's sprawling reservation but no additional deaths.

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    Darrell Marks (right) is seen with his two sons, Makaius and Makairun.
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    For Navajo Nation In Arizona, The Election Process Is Complicated And Problematic

    Jun 29, 2020
    Voting in Indian Country has long been challenging, often due to lack of official street addresses on reservations. Now the push for mail-in balloting because of COVID-19 is exacerbating the issue.
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    Census Workers To Resume Delivering Packets To Navajo Homes

    Jun 11, 2020

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Census workers will resume dropping off questionnaires at homes on the Navajo Nation this week.

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