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Photo by Talaina Kor Last week crews used a helicopter to add electrical transmission lines to the existing power grid at Cholla Power Plant along I-40 between Joseph City and Holbrook. Solar and wind projects require new transmission infrastructure or upgrades to existing lines so electricity can be delivered to the grid.
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Where the 20 wind and solar projects proposed for Navajo County stand

Between 2005 and 2020, Navajo County saw four wind and solar project proposals. Since 2021 it has seen 16, several of them many times the size of anything that came before. The high desert of Navajo County has…

By Shawn White · Oct 20, 2026 · 3:13 pm
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Courts void cancellation of Hopi solar grant, but $25 million remains frozen

Two federal judges ruled in September that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted unlawfully when it canceled a…

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Holbrook council approves signage for new Allsup’s travel plaza

During the Oct. 14 Holbrook City Council meeting and convening as the Board of Adjustment, the council voted…

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Navajo County continues to discuss renewable development

During the Navajo County Board of Supervisors regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the board received a follow-up…

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Loy Engelhardt (left) and Art Griffith share one last conversation at the KINO microphone on Feb. 28. During his final broadcast, Engelhardt played archival interviews with legendary Winslow coaches Emil Nasser and the late Becky Barris as listeners called in to say goodbye to the man who had narrated their town for nearly six decades. Engelhardt delivered his final sign-off after completing the noon news update.

Local broadcaster gives final sign-off

By Tribune Staff · Mar 10
Brantley Baird (above) stands outside the Native American Museum, a space he has been building over the past year in Joseph City and features displays including a female hogan (right) originally built more than 100 years ago near Indian Wells was rebuilt and will now be preserved at Brantley Baird’s new Native American museum site in Joseph City.

Baird’s museums honor the history of Joseph City

By Shawn White · Mar 10
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Former Navajo County Recorder to serve 18 months on probation

By Tribune Staff · Mar 2
NPC's official groundbreaking ceremony for the college's new Kayenta location was held on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Pictured are (left to right) Navajo Nation Council Delegate Shaandiin Parrish, NPC District Governing Board (DGB) members Porter Black, Kristine Laughter and Derrick Leslie, AZ Commerce Authority Senior Vice President of Economic Development Keith Watkins, NPC DGB Chair Everett Robinson, NPC DGB member Rosie Sekayumptewa, NPC President Dr. Von Lawson, Arizona Senator Theresa Hatathlie, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren, Kayenta Township Commissioner Chair Dr. Delores Greyeyes, CORE Construction Vice President of Higher Education Seth Beer, SPS+ Business Development Associate Rob Bass and Kayenta Township Manager Jarvis Williams.

Governor Hobbs joins groundbreaking for new Kayenta campus

By Tribune Staff · Mar 2
A group of volunteers with Turtle Island Women Warriors demonstrate outside the Arizona Capitol in November 2024 to raise awareness about Indigenous community members displaced by the state's massive Medicaid fraud scheme.

Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous communities continues despite reforms

By Tribune Staff · Mar 2
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Winslow council pass seventh contract extension for Atlas Global

By Shawn White · Mar 2
Joseph City Fire District responds to a locomotive fire along the BNSF rail line.

JCFD responds to BNSF locomotive fire

By Tribune Staff · Mar 2

Brush fire in Joseph City

By Tribune Staff · Mar 2
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JCUSD listed among highest-risk schools due to reduced student count

By Linda Kor · Feb 24
NPC Winslow Campus

NPC striving to continue to make education affordable

By Talaina Kor · Feb 24
Sparks fly as metal artisan John Suttman welds the custom steel railing for the viewing platform surrounding the Santa Fe Super Chief “Pleasure Dome” in Winslow. The new railing will replace the chain-link fence and allow visitors to step up close to the historic railcar while the interior gets renovated. The train is one of six streamlined dome cars built by Pullman in 1950 for the Santa Fe Railway’s luxury Super Chief, which passed through the Painted Desert from 1937 to 1971. The Super Chief can be seen next to the La Posada Hotel, located at 303 E. 2nd St.

Super Chief steel railing

By Tribune Staff · Feb 24
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$10,000 scholarship fund proposed to honor 33-year Winslow educator

By Shawn White · Feb 24