Things will be quiet on the Navajo Nation from 8 am April 10 to 5 am April 12 as the Nation conforms to a 57-hour curfew ordered by the Navajo Department of Health in conjunction with the Navajo Nation Public Health State of Emergency Declaration (CEM Resolution No. 20-03-11) on April 5.

Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-005 states that due to the community spread of COVID-19, all individuals on the Nation and across the nation shall be at home during curfew hours, except in the event of an emergency.

The curfew does not apply to essential employees reporting to or from work, with official identification and/or a letter of designation from their employer on official letterhead...

WHIPPOORWILL, Ariz. - A Navajo Police Department vehicle was reported stolen from a Navajo Police officer who was checking on a vehicle parked on the side of the highway at milepost 28 on Navajo Route 4 in Whippoorwill, Ariz.

While checking on the vehicle about 3:52 am April 8, the officer made contact with three male individuals, two of whom were handcuffed and detained in the police unit. The officer was in the process of getting information from the third individual when the office heard loud noises and thereafter the vehicle was stolen.  The officer heard three shots fired from the police unit when it was taken.  The suspects were identified as Jessie Nez from Whippoorwill, Ariz...

First-come, first-served hurts the underserved

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-NM and Martin Heinrich, D-NM and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, D-NM, Deb Haaland, D-NM, and Xochitl Torres Small, D-NM are raising concerns with the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration’s implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan process. The delegation is urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza to improve the guidance for these programs so that struggling small businesses and nonprofits in New Mexico can receive desperately needed federal assistance and...

Staff Reports

Beginning April 8, the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions is offering one time stimulus payment in the amount of $750 each to self-employed individuals affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. he Self-Employed Stimulus Payment will be available to the first 2,000 applicants that qualify. The opportunity is funded by $1.5 Million from the Rapid Response Layoff Aversion program under the directive of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Self-employed individuals are able to apply after logging into www.jobs.state.nm.us and then clicking on the SESP link located on their My Workforce Connection page. Once we reach 2,000 qualified applications, this link will be...