Church Rock News

TOP PHOTO: From right, President Joe Shirley Jr., first lady Vikki Shirley and Vice President Ben Shelly cut the ribbon to open the first Navajo-owned casino, Fire Rock, Wednesday in Church Rock, N.M. BOTTOM ...

Each year, an Albuquerque company gets food from the Roadrunner Food Bank and distributes it to members of the Navajo Nation.

Nov. 21--GALLUP -- The Navajo Nation opened its first casino Wednesday to a crowd that more than doubled the building's capacity.

One of nine people charged in allegations of Medicaid fraud in McKinley County has been found beaten to death.

McKinley Co. deputies trying to ID young Native American woman struck by semi early Monday.

Chapter projects The agreement between the state of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation consisted of the following 53 chapter projects : Shiprock Chapter women and children home construction .

The Navajo Nation Council will take up the question of banning tobacco in public places again today, Sept.

The bill outlaws commercial tobacco use in public places on Navajo land, including the Fire Rock Casino now under construction in Church Rock, N.M. After the Navajo Nation Council passed the measure during the ...

Among the more than 500 abandoned uranium mines on the vast reservation the size of West Virginia, the Northeast Church Rock Mine here tops the list as the most contaminated.

The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October.

Larry J. King was one of thousands of Navajo who worked in the uranium mines with little safety equipment.

It finally is happening. The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October.

Construction has begun on the Navajo Nation's first casino - a 27,000-square-foot building that will house 300 slot machines.

Navajo Nation Youth Perform with the Steelpan at Smithsonian Twinning of Native American and Steelband Cultures WST World News Division News Washington D.C: - When Steel Talks took off down the I95 highway on a ...

Despite the lure of millions of dollars, the Navajo Nation has banned uranium mining on its reservation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in what lawyers say is the first-ever challenge to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of licenses for an in-situ uranium ...

“Say no to uranium, say no to sickness.”

Dalenna Long of Crownpoint, N.M., wields her protest signs against uranium mining near her community while waiting outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse in downtown Denver yesterday. via Denver Daily News

“One is the easement. The site is located on a frontage road, however, the frontage road is considered and designated as Route 66”

Route 66 may cause problem for casino project May 14, 2008 The Navajo Nation is wanting to build its first casino near Gallup, N.M. But it has run into a snag that may mean construction delays and defaulting on ... via Route 66 News

A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals must decide whether an area of western New Mexico proposed for uranium mining should be treated as Indian land. via Las Cruces Sun-News

Uranium mine potency in New Mexico has generated having mine company conflict reigns over exploration of the uranium in New Mexico. via Mining News