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Navajo Nation, San Juan County To Pursue Freight Railroad

Feb 21, 2020
FARMINGTON, N.M.
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Utah Ballot Measure Opposed By Navajos Trails In Early Tally

Nov 06, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ballot proposition that has reignited a fierce dispute over Navajo voting rights is trailing after the initial tally, but too many votes remained uncounted to make it final.

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Navajo Nation President: Vote No On Utah County Proposition

Oct 31, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is calling on voters in a southeastern Utah county to reject a ballot proposition that could lead to expanding a three-member county commission that Native Americans took the majority of last year.

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Utah County To Pay $2.6M Settlement To Navajo Nation

Sep 26, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — County officials in Utah have agreed to pay $2.6 million to the Navajo Nation following a voting rights case that reconfigured voting districts.

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Utah County Paid High Fees For Legal Work On Canyon Lawsuit

Sep 03, 2019
BLANDING, Utah (AP) — A Utah county paid high fees to an out-of-state law firm to sue the federal government in a case involving a canyon right of way.
 
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that JW Howard Attorneys billed San Juan County more than $360,000
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County In Utah Won't Appeal Court's Decision On Voting Districts

Jul 31, 2019

A county in Southeastern Utah has decided not to further appeal a federal court’s decision over voting districts.

San Juan County commissioners voted not to appeal the ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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San Juan County Paid Nearly $500K For Bears Ears Lobbying

Jul 30, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly obtained documents reveal a small county in southeastern Utah paid a consulting firm nearly $500,000 to lobby against the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and for the downsizing of it after it was created.

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Utah Judge Denies Challenge To Navajo's Election Candidacy

Jan 31, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has denied a challenge by an unsuccessful candidate for the San Juan County Commission and ruled that newly-sworn-in Commissioner Willie Grayeyes is a Utah resident.

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Majority Navajo County Commission Sworn In As History Made

Jan 08, 2019

 

MONTICELLO, Utah (AP) — A southeastern Utah county commission is officially majority Native American for the first time after two new Navajo members were sworn in.

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Former Candidate Suing After Losing Commission Race In Utah

Jan 04, 2019

A Republican is suing after losing an election to a Navajo candidate in San Juan County, Utah.

Kelly Laws wants a judge to overturn Democrat Willie Grayeyes’ victory in the San Juan County commission race over questions about his residency.

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US Justice Department To Monitor Election In San Juan County

Nov 06, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is sending a monitor to watch polls in a southeastern Utah county where Navajo voters form a slim majority.

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Navajo Leaders Say Members Are Listed In Wrong Boundaries

Sep 07, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Navajo Nation leaders say voter rolls list many tribe members in wrong political boundaries in a southeastern Utah county where districts were overturned for being illegally drawn based on race.
 
Leaders are asking the state to interve
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ATV Access Reopened In Utah Canyon

Apr 11, 2017

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has lifted a ban on motorized vehicles in a southeastern Utah canyon that was the setting of a 2014 ATV protest ride that was a flashpoint in the Western struggle over government land management.

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Navajo Nation Members Suing Over Voting Access

Sep 21, 2016

Members of the Navajo Nation who say a 2014 switch to all-mail voting in a southern Utah county disenfranchised tribal voters want a judge to order an injunction restoring polling places for the November election.

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Utah Commissioner To Appeal ATV Ride Sentence

Jan 13, 2016

A southern Utah county commissioner says he will appeal his conviction for his role in an ATV protest ride through a closed canyon.

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Utah County Commissioner Faces Jail Time Over ATV Protest

Dec 18, 2015

A southern Utah county commissioner who became a cause celebre in the movement challenging the federal government's management of Western public lands is set to find out Friday if he'll get jail time for organizing an ATV protest ride through a closed canyon.

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