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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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Shawn White, Publisher of the Painted Desert Tribune, speaks to Good Morning Winslow.

New offerings from Painted Desert Tribune

By Tribune Staff · Jan 15
Pictured (left to right) are Russ Yelton from White Mountain Economic Development (WMED), Gabe Gardner from Local First Arizona, Laurie Lashomb the market manager and Kimber Lanning also from Local First Arizona who took a tour of the commercial kitchen located at the Winslow Council on Aging’s community center on Second Street. Local First Arizona has opened four similar kitchens with a fifth one in Glendale on the way. WMED are behind a similar rentable commercial kitchen in Show Low that will launch soon.

Winslow to expand small business support with commercial kitchen

By Shawn White · Jan 15
This semi-truck contained 553.8 pounds of cocaine that was seized by AZDPS troopers.

Up to $22.1 million in cocaine seized I-40 in traffic stop

By Tribune Staff · Jan 15
Despite the current bleak weather, Arizona sunsets always put the beauty of the region on full display. This shot, taken by local photographer Jim Buckley, is a stunning example of the views enjoyed by those who live throughout the area.

Arizona sunset

By Tribune Staff · Jan 15
Photo from The Tribune archives / Cholla Generating Station in Joseph City (pictured) is scheduled to stop producing coal fired power in April of the coming year. Both Coronado Generating Station in St. Johns operated by Salt River Project and the Springerville Generating Station operated by Tucson Electric Power Plant have plans to also stop producing coal fired power by 2032.

JCUSD braces for a post-Cholla world

By Shawn White · Jan 8
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Year in Review, Part II

By Linda Kor · Jan 8
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2024 Year in Review: Part I

By Linda Kor · Jan 1
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Winslow tradeport 2024 year in review

By Shawn White · Jan 1
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The Tribune officially changes name to Painted Desert Tribune

By Tribune Staff · Jan 1
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Hopi Tribe begins process of acquiring 110,000 acres of state land

By Shawn White · Jan 1

Fishing Regulations changes for 2025-26

By Tribune Staff · Jan 1
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Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren chosen to serve as Apache County attorney

By Linda Kor · Jan 1