Tuba City News

Tuba City, Ariz. -- In the far reaches of northern Arizona, where city sprawl gives way to majestic canyons and a holy place is defined not by steeple and cross but rather by earth and sky, lies a monument to a people's past and a symbol of the promise of peace between two long-warring Indian nations.

Navajo Nation Police and U.S. marshals went to the residence of Morgan Cleveland of Ganado, Ariz., last week to inform him that his identity had been used by Bobby Thompson, who has now been a fugitive for more than a year since allegedly raising more than $100 million for a fake charity that was supposed to benefit Navy veterans.

The Navajo Nation mourns the lost of another heroic Code Talker. Sgt. Jimmie Begay, 88, passed away Feb. 3 at Tsehootsoi Medical Center in Fort Defiance, Ariz. Sgt. Begay trained to become a code talker at Camp Elliot. He then served in the 1st Marine Division, 2nd Battalion.

An elected official in Tuba City who was charged with ethics violations has agreed to repay the $20,000 she received in bonus money.

Authorities say three Santa Fe men and a man from Arizona have been arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with a child in connection with a sting operation run by the Crimes Against Children Unit of the Santa Fe Police Department.

It's impossible to take a bad picture in Arizona: not with those huge, clear skies that fill with orange light at the end of the day; breathtaking creases of rock which form mountains and incredible canyons; three-pronged Saguaro cacti, sometimes four metres tall, which look like they've been lifted straight from a Wile E Coyote cartoon.

On Jan. 13, Kykotsmovi Hopi Council Rep. Rebekkah Masayesva requested a special open public meeting for the Hopi Council to explain to the Hopi public why they approved the recent Peabody lease re-opener on Nov. 21, 2011.

In the far reaches of northern Arizona, where city sprawl gives way to majestic canyons and a holy place is defined not by steeple and cross but rather by earth and sky, lies a monument to a people's past and a symbol of the promise of peace between two long-warring Indian nations.

Conservation groups are applauding the Obama administration's final decision protecting 1 million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park from new uranium mining. "Numerous American Indian tribes regard this magnificent icon as a sacred place..." said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

TUBA CITY, Ariz. - On Dec. 20, KARL STORZ, manufacturer of advanced medical equipment, announced it will donate a flexible intubation fiberscope worth almost $10,000 to Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC).