Window Rock NewsLocal news for Window Rock, AZ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Navajo delegates reconsider financing measure- April 25, 2008 Spring training as we know it is threatened. Use this link to learn how to support the national pastime in our own backyard. via KVOA-TV Tucsonhttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/navajo-delegates-reconsider-financing-mea... Tribal lawmakers send education proposal back to committee- April 23, 2008 The Navajo board of education will remain intact for now. That's after the Tribal Council voted to send legislation to reduce the number of board members back to a committee. via KOB-TVhttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/tribal-lawmakers-send-education-proposal-... Planned Navajo legislative complex draws critics- April 21, 2008 "The public has to know what's going on with their money." Navajo lawmakers are set to consider a plan this week to build a new council chambers that critics say puts the lawmakers' own needs above the public's. Delegates sit elbow to elbow during quarterly legislative ... via International Business Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/planned-navajo-legislative-complex-draws-... Planned Navajo legislative complex draws critics- April 19, 2008 Navajo lawmakers are set to consider a plan to build a new council chambers that critics say puts the lawmakers' own needs above the public's. Tribal Council Speaker Lawrence Morgan says the size of the council ... via KVIAhttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/planned-navajo-legislative-complex-draws-... Navajo lawmakers to consider medal to honor tribe's veterans- April 18, 2008 "We got veterans with a lot of needs. What good is another medal going to do us, a medal we can't wear on our uniforms, a medal that is not honored by the U.S. government" The leader of the Navajo Nation Council wants to recognize all honorably discharged Navajo veterans with a special medal adorned with bow and arrows and geometric shapes that represent tribal ceremonies ... via Las Cruces Sun-Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/navajo-lawmakers-to-consider-medal-to-hon... Navajo police chief placed on paid leave over 'internal matter'- April 10, 2008 "Although they have some valid points in their letter, I hope this is not an attempt to reinstate the chief, who has caused some of these problems on his own" The Navajo Nation's chief of police was placed on paid leave this week, but tribal officials wouldn't say why. via Las Cruces Sun-Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/navajo-police-chief-placed-on-paid-leave-... Monday April 7, 2008- April 10, 2008 Walkers with the Longest Walk 2 enter the ceremonial site at the Window Rock, Ariz. via Gallup Independenthttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/monday-april-7-2008?fromrss=1 Spotlight on fashion- April 8, 2008 "Education starts from the house, the way parents treat and raise their kids." The global fashion centers of New York, London, Paris and Milan are thousands of miles away, but for one night the high school was the epicenter of a fashion extravaganza. via The Navajo Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/spotlight-on-fashion?fromrss=1 New image for museum- April 6, 2008 "Until then we will have exhibits that our staff will create as well as having traveling exhibits brought here" But Manuelito "Manny" Wheeler, the museum's new director, vows to change that. Wheeler is the first Navajo to be appointed to run the museum since it was created in the early 1960s by Martin Link, the first ... via The Navajo Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/new-image-for-museum?fromrss=1 Capitalism's last frontier- April 4, 2008 "This is the last frontier for free enterprise in America." WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA From The Economist print edition America's biggest Indian reservation tries to stimulate private enterprise JUST outside the south-east border of the Navajo Nation, along highway 264 in New ... via The Economisthttp://www.topix.net/city/window-rock-az/2008/04/capitalisms-last-frontier?fromrss=1 |