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Pollution from coal-fired power plants led to hundreds of deaths in Arizona, NM, study says
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn estimated 460,000 people died of causes attributed to fine particulates from coal power...
Navajo residents seek 'just and equitable' help after closure of power plant, coal mine
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRoberto Nutlouis says residents of Navajo Nation communities directly hurt by the closure of a huge...
Navajo leaders ratify historic Colorado River water settlement, await action by Congress
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 week agoNavajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed a historic water settlement with the federal government on...
Navajo Nation president vetoes a plan to explore for helium near 2 tribal communities
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn his last day in office, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez vetoed a resolution that would have...
Hopi tribal officials continue to pursue compensation for loss of coal mine revenue
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMore than four years after the closure of an Arizona power plant and the coal mines that supplied...
Arizona coal plant communities lose out on millions in economic transition funding
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCommunities economically reliant on the Cholla Power Plant, located between Winslow and Holbrook...
Arizona tribes wait for water as settlements languish in courtrooms and bureaucracy
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNearly everybody in the tangled web of water law and policy agrees that Indigenous people hold...
Proposed settlement a first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 tribes
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are hoping to close the deal quickly under a...
Rural Arizona communities thrived after COVID, but now struggle to keep young people around
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSan Luis native Armando Esparza did what many young people in rural Arizona do: He left his hometown...
As Arizona builds to solve a housing crisis, will its homes withstand future heat extremes?
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoArizona's heat and housing crisis: Statewide | Metro Phoenix | Farmworker housing (coming soon) |...