Two dogs go missing from the scene

By Holly J. Wagner
Sun Correspondent

It was supposed to be the start of a new life. Instead, a tragic accident ended one life and forever changed another.

Roommates Jesse Root, 21, and Faith Corcoran, 18, set out from California Feb. 8 on a cross-country move. They had lived together on Root’s grandmother’s ranch until she sold it.

The pair were bound for Indiana, where they would move in with Root’s grandfather, who has dementia, to care for him. They packed Root’s 2001 Ford Expedition with their pets and whatever necessities they could fit, then set off to their new home Feb. 8.

Corcoran’s father was to follow a few days later...

Lizer: ‘Begin the healing and recovery process’

FOREST LAKE, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer were joined by Diné relocatees and Navajo Hopi Land Commission Office Executive Director Robert Black Feb. 13, as they signed into law Resolution CJA-13-22, establishing the Diné Relocatee Fund to provide financial support for housing, infrastructure, and education for Navajo families who were relocated as a result of the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974.

Congress passed the Act to address a land dispute between the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. The Act divided the disputed lands, and citizens of both tribes were subject to...

TSE BONITO, N.M. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Nez-Lizer Administration cabinet members met with U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-AZ, at the Navajo Division of Transportation in Tse Bonito, N.M., to discuss priorities related to the implementation of American Rescue Plan Act funding to help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting was held at the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Office, overseen by interim Executive Director Tom Platero, which serves as a clearinghouse for ARPA related activities. Platero informed the Congressman that the Fiscal Recovery Fund Office has hired four employees and is preparing to hire more to help implement...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation Veterans Administration Executive Director James Zwierlein participated in the first official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Council meeting in late January.

In October 2021, Zwierlein, a veteran of the US. Marine Corps, was appointed by U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough to serve on the VA’s Tribal Advisory Committee, along with 14 other representatives that make up the first-ever Advisory Committee within the VA.

The work of the Tribal Advisory Council is essential in developing innovative ways to serve Navajo veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors.

Working together with the Navajo Nation...