Navajo Nation

In other news, a rural Utah community is celebrating finally getting access to running water. And, graduation celebrations honoring diverse communities are largely absent in Utah this year.

After uranium ore was transferred across the Navajo Nation in July with little warning, tribal leaders started looking for ways to address the issue. The solution: strengthen tribal law.

In other news, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is asking anglers to harvest specific fish in four water bodies. And, a $152 million road project began in San Juan County.

In other news, a new low-cost airline is coming to Utah starting in October, and a Utah man has been charged with fraud after claiming his silver products could combat or even cure COVID-19.

In other news, a truck transporting uranium ore was intercepted as it traveled across Navajo tribal land, and Utah State University will be holding a test of their Aggie Alert emergency system this morning.

Murals painted by teachers and students at the former Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City have been preserved and will be on display next year at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of art.

In other news: The Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Farm is receiving $76.5 million from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development for expansion.

In other news: Utah cuts funding for a road from Navajo Mountain to Blanding for the third year in a row. And 300 homes in the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation are in line for off-grid solar energy through federal funding.

In other news, a new photography exhibit is opening on Thursday, Jan. 25 featuring the work of members of the Navajo Nation.

The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case centered on the tribe’s rights to the drying Colorado River. The tribe claimed it was the federal government’s legal duty to help figure out their future water needs, and aid them in using their rights. But in a 5-4 decision, the justices said an 1868 treaty included no such promises.