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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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String of burglaries under investigation by Winslow PD

By Shawn White · Mar 4
Alan Palmer, the owner of Farm on Route 66, captured this photo of the Cholla Generating Station from horse property in Joseph City. The coal fired plant is set for final closure in April after 63 years of operation, which has been an ongoing concern for residents in the community and throughout the region as its closure ends an era of good jobs and tax income for the local school, and leaves behind economic uncertainty as there are no plans for repurposing the plant at this time.

Cholla closure

By Tribune Staff · Feb 25
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Five ways the Trump tariffs on Mexico and Canada would hit Arizona wallets

By Tribune Staff · Feb 25

NPC board reviews tuition and fee changes for 2025-26 school year

By Talaina Kor · Feb 25

WUSD board reviews administrative updates

By Shawn White · Feb 25
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Suspect charged in murder of infant

By Linda Kor · Feb 18
For more than four years, K-9 Kilo has prevented millions of dollars of drugs from getting through Navajo County and kept off the streets. An example is last August, when the search of a vehicle alerted to by Kilo revealed over 27 pounds of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of nearly $524,000.

K-9 Kilo retires after long record of drug interdiction

By Talaina Kor · Feb 18
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Holbrook Senior Citizens Center to get a remodel

By Linda Kor · Feb 18

HUSD begins the process of redistricting its wards

By Talaina Kor · Feb 18
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Winslow council moves forward with 160-unit housing development

By Shawn White · Feb 18

Local man killed after being struck by a train

By Tribune Staff · Feb 17
City officials and board members of the Friends of the Library lined up to cut the ribbon on the new Winslow library, which opened last Saturday. Pictured are (left to right) Mayor Birdie Cano, Lisa Maclean, Eleanore Hempsey, Fern Benally, Kathy Contreras, Brandee Leary, Ted Pate, Marianne Richardson and Kim Gould.

Winslow opens the doors on its new public library

By Shawn White · Feb 11