Navajos set to tap power of the wind Mar 28, 2008
As many as 300 turbine towers would be erected in several locations between Flagstaff and Tuba City, with first-phase completion in about three years. The development would be among the largest wind-power installations in the country, said Bob Gough, secretary of the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy in Rosebud, S.D. The largest is near Abilene, Texas, which produces 736 megawatts. (AZCentral -- News)
Lori Piestewa, all soldiers remembered at ceremony Mar 25, 2008
The Hispanic-Hopi mother of two from Tuba City was 23. "We've heard all morning 'Lori's mountain,' " Terry Piestewa, said. (AZCentral -- News)
5 years later, family remembers Piestewa Mar 23, 2008
The Piestewas left their doublewide trailer in Tuba City to live with a dramatic view of the San Francisco Peaks on the eastern side of Flagstaff. "We miss being on the reservation, but we also feel comfortable here, because we have a lot of friends," said Percy, who is of Mexican ancestry and was born in Flagstaff. (AZCentral -- News)
SV school superintendent finalists resumes reveal histories; they share more about themselves Mar 9, 2008
From 1985 to 1989 he taught at Kayenta in the Navajo Nation, and from 1989 to 1999 he taught at Tuba City Junior High School. In addition to teaching in the classroom by day, he taught a GED program at night and served as Tuba City s adult education director for six years. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
More than just loyal fans Feb 15, 2008
When Tuba City played Whiteriver Alchesay in the 3A boys semifinals in 2000 at then-America West Arena, a record small-school crowd of 16,010 showed up ... 16,010: Tuba City 66, Whiteriver Alchesay 60, America West Arena, 2000 ... 14,270: Tuba City 69, Coolidge 57, America West Arena, 2001. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Super Mario: Galvez a big part of Bisbee offense Feb 15, 2008
Greyhills, a team from Tuba City about an hour-and-a-half northeast of Flagstaff, is led in scoring by senior center Willie Travis, who averages 16 points per game and has scored 33 points as a season-high. It runs a man-to-man, half-court defense a majority of the time. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Girls basketball schedule Feb 12, 2008
Tuba City (14) vs. Whiteriver Alchesay (3), 5:30 p.m. ... Tuba City-Alchesay winner vs. Monday's Round Valley-Winslow winner, 10:15 a.m. ... Tuba City Greyhills vs. Morenci at Glendale Ironwood. (AZCentral -- Sports)
State tournament schedules Feb 12, 2008
Tuba City (13) vs. Chinle (4), 8:30 p.m. ... Maricopa-Monument Valley winner vs. Tuba City-Chinle winner, 5:30 p.m. ... Tuba City (14) vs. Whiteriver Alchesay (3), 5:30 p.m.. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker, dies at 82 Feb 12, 2008
Sandoval, a Tuba City resident for 44 years, died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix following an illness. Sandoval enlisted in the Marines in 1943 and served in the 2nd and 5th Marine Division where his duties included staying behind the front line to translate reports and send information to military commanders in Hawaii, according to a press release from the Navajo Nation. (AZCentral -- News)
Governor pushes benefits counseling Feb 10, 2008
They reach out from Tuba City and Page, Chinle and Kayenta. As a benefits counselor with the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services, Begay, a Navajo and a former Army sergeant, makes regular treks to these and other remote places in the northern third of Arizona. (AZCentral -- News)
Development slow after ban lifted on Navajo Nation land Dec 25, 2007
TUBA CITY - The pavement stops abruptly here, giving way to a sandy, washboard road that takes residents to a place where tires keep roofs from blowing away and electricity and running water are scarce ... On the south side of Tuba City in Kerley Valley, Jackson opens the door to her one-room hogan. (AZCentral -- News)
Conterra Ultra Broadband and CellularOne of Arizona Announce Joint Effort to Eliminate the Digital Divide on the Navajo Nation Nov 24, 2007
" "This project will leverage the expertise of two highly experienced, committed companies to deliver a level of service long missing from parts of the country that most need modern telecommunications," commented Conterra's Chairman, President and CEO, Stephen R. Leeolou. "The depth and diversity of our companies have created a foundation from which we can jointly pursue what we believe is a cresting wave of demand throughout the Nation for broadband telecom services at quantum increases in... (PR Newswire)
Bride's work ethic, talent carry team Nov 23, 2007
" And make it work they did. Bride turned the corner on his season Sept. 21 against Tuba City Greyhills when he gained 227 yards and scored three touchdowns in a 40-6 victory. "Early on, (Bride) was just a step or two off from breaking off a big run," Morgan said. "He wasn't cutting off his blocks properly. His timing wasn't there in the beginning. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Girls basketball preseason rankings Nov 19, 2007
Watch out for: Chinle, Fountain Hills, Maricopa, Payson, Round Valley, Tuba City. Class 2A. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Cross country meets intriguing Nov 3, 2007
Favorites: 5A-I boys - Phoenix Desert Vista; 5A-I girls - Glendale Mountain Ridge; 5A-II boys - Marana Mountain View; 5A-II girls - Marana Mountain View; 4A-I boys - Phoenix Shadow Mountain; 4A-I girls - Phoenix Sandra Day O'Connor; 4A-II boys - Cottonwood Mingus; 4A-II girls - Rio Rico; 3A boys - Tuba City; 3A girls - Chinle; 1A/2A boys - Hopi; 1A/2A girls - Flagstaff Northland Prep. Returning individual champions: Phoenix Desert Vista's Matt Boughton; Mountain Ridge's Nadya Bishton; Sandra Day... (AZCentral -- Sports)
Wranglers (10-0) host Ganado Friday Nov 1, 2007
Ganado s No. 15 ranking in Power Points was better than the North s previous third-place team Tuba City s No. 20 and Fountain Hill s No. 16. So now Ganado, which had been fourth in the North standings and didn t appear to qualify for the state playoffs before upending Holbrook, is in the No. 15 playoff slot and earned the right to face the No. 2 Wranglers at 7 p.m. this Friday night on Wickenburg s Ralph Moran Field. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
This weekend's preps games Oct 26, 2007
WINSLOW at Tuba City ... Tuba City Greyhills at SANDERS VALLEY. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Lady Wrangler host region contest today Oct 25, 2007
Otherwise, they will probably enter the state tournament as the No. 8 seed and would probably face No. 9 Tuba City from the North Region in the first round. As the No. 8 seed in the state tournament, however, the Wickenburg girls would probably face Monument Valley in the state quarterfinals if they slip past their first-round opponent. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
Paiute tribal elections lead to further infighting Oct 11, 2007
The tribe, which has no reservation, is based in Tuba City with two isolated communities on the Navajo Reservation. Elections Saturday and Sunday were conducted by order of Special Judge Kevin Gover, who has ruled on a number of disputes among tribal members. (AZCentral -- News)
Goldwater tourney pits state's elite Oct 9, 2007
But don't discount Parker (9-1), which sits at No.3 behind Tuba City (8-5). Parker's lone loss was to Phoenix Northwest Christian, a 2A program, but it is 13-0 and looks like the best small-school team in the state. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Disputed vote latest in Paiute tribal turmoil Oct 6, 2007
TUBA CITY - Seven years ago, Arizona's newest Indian tribe inked a treaty that would carve out reservation lands on the wind-swept mesas of northern Arizona ... Evelyn James of Tuba City, the tribe's first elected leader, appears to be a central figure in the feud ... Contacted at her Tuba City trailer for an interview, James said, "I'm too busy." Other members of her alliance also declined to comment. (AZCentral -- News)
Preps football statistical leaders Oct 5, 2007
Jimmie Tate, Tuba City 661 ... Tackles: Jimmie Tate, Tuba City, 101. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Suspect in UA murder enters not guilty plea Sep 21, 2007
The death of Henderson, a promising student from Tuba City, and the arrest of Harrison, from Chinle, has had a wrenching impact upon members of the Navajo Nation, whose reservation sprawls across 27,000 square miles of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Assistant Public Defender John O'Brien also entered not guilty pleas for Harrison to four other felony charges she faces, including three counts of forgery for allegedly writing checks that belonged to Henderson and one count of identity theft for... (FOX 11, AZ)
Suspect in UA dorm murder enters not guilty plea Sep 21, 2007
The death of Henderson, a promising student from Tuba City, and the arrest of Harrison, from Chinle, has had a wrenching impact upon members of the Navajo Nation, whose reservation sprawls across 27,000 square miles of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah ... Mia Henderson is congratulated by relatives following Tuba City High School's commencement exercises May 26, 2007. (AZCentral -- News)
Flagstaff Dem takes House seat Sep 16, 2007
For example, Chabin served on the Tuba City Unified School District Board for three years, including one year as president ... Chabin lived in Moenkopi, part of the Tuba City community, with his wife until her death three years ago. (AZCentral -- News)
University of Arizona student stabs roommate to death, leaves forged note, police say Sep 8, 2007
Both girls were residents of communities on the Navajo Indian Reservation - Henderson from Tuba City and Harrison from Chinle, about 100 miles east of Tuba City near New Mexico. After Harrison's initial court appearance Thursday, her mother, Janice Harrison, said her daughter has no history of violence. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Murder at UA marks the death of a dream Sep 8, 2007
TUBA CITY - Nabahe Hill barely knew Mia Henderson ... Henderson, 18, was living a dream that is elusive to so many youths growing up in her hometown of Tuba City on the Navajo Reservation ... "It's pretty sad," Hill said as he sat at an Internet cafe in Tuba City. (AZCentral -- News)
Courts documents reveal details of U. Arizona slaying Sep 8, 2007
Henderson was from Tuba City, Ariz. while Harrison is from the Chinle, Ariz. (U-Wire.com)
New developments in UA murder, suspect's family speaks out Sep 7, 2007
Karen Garcia, from Tuba City Highs School, says this tragedy has been, Like a shockwave going through the community ... Friends and family held a candlelight vigil in Tuba City last night to remember Henderson, a role model and athlete who they say loved to smile ... She had this sly sense of humor you wouldn t really expect, Rayelynne McCabe, also from Tuba City High School, reveals. (FOX 11, AZ)
Roommate Jailed In Student's Slaying Sep 7, 2007
About 200 people, including members of Henderson's former softball team at Tuba City High School on the Navajo reservation, went to the school's athletic field Wednesday night to remember her. "It's just tragic because the people in Tuba City know her really well, and Mia was a good kid," said Hope MacDonald-Lonetree, a Navajo council delegate who represents Tuba City and grew up with the young woman's mother. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Hundreds Gather To Remember Mia Sep 7, 2007
Approximately 200 people gathered Wednesday night at Tuba City High School's athletic field to remember Mia Henderson ... Both 18-year-olds were from different areas of the sprawling Navajo Nation, Henderson from Tuba City and Harrison from the Chinle area. (KOLD.com, AZ)
UA stabbing was planned, police say Sep 7, 2007
A funeral service for Henderson will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Gallup, N.M., according to Rosanda Suetopka-Thayer, public-relations director for the Tuba City Unified School District. A private Navajo cleansing ceremony was held Thursday at the Graham-Greenlee Residence Hall, where the two lived. (AZCentral -- News)
Rundown Indian jails need major repair Sep 7, 2007
By Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY TUBA CITY, Ariz. Barbara Johnson, detention supervisor at the Navajo Nation's dilapidated Tuba City jail clangs an iron door shut ... The Tuba City Adult Detention facility, condemned by the city's Office of Environmental Health Code Enforcement in 2006, is empty except for a few men sleeping in the drunk tank. (USA Today)
1 student dead, 2nd wounded after University of Arizona fight Sep 6, 2007
He said the dead woman, 18-year-old Mia Henderson of the Navajo Nation town of Tuba City, had filed a police report Aug. 28 saying that she had been the victim of a property theft and that she suspected her roommate. Daykin said the roommate was an "investigative lead" and had been named as a possible suspect in a theft report filed by another student in the Graham-Greenlee residence hall at the university. (FOX 11, AZ)
Student Accused of Killing Roommate in Dorm Sep 6, 2007
Cruz said he did not have any details of the fight between Harrison and 18-year-old Mia Henderson of Tuba City ... Henderson was from the Navajo Nation town of Tuba City, and Harrison also was a Navajo from the northeastern Arizona reservation. (Fox News)
Dorm roommate of slain UA student arrested Sep 6, 2007
University Police Chief Anthony Daykin said the dead woman, 18-year-old Mia Henderson of the Navajo Nation town of Tuba City, had filed a police report Aug. 28 saying that she had been the victim of a property theft and that she suspected her roommate ... Mia Henderson is congratulated by relatives following Tuba City High School's commencement exercises May 26, 2007. (AZCentral -- News)
Student killed in UA dorm Sep 6, 2007
Harrison is a member of the Navajo Nation, as was Mia Henderson, 18, a biology student from Tuba City, who died at University Medical Center after officials responding to a 5:45 a.m. 911 call found both women injured at Graham-Greenlee Hall on the UA campus ... "She was a really nice kid," said Rosanda Suetopka-Thayer, a spokeswoman for the Tuba City Unified School District who said Henderson came from a large family and was a high achiever. (AZCentral -- News)
List of districts facing intervention and failing schools Sep 5, 2007
Tuba City Junior High, Tuba City Unified. San Carlos Junior High, San Carlos Unified. (AZCentral -- News)
Gordon won't run for governor . . . what he meant to say was . . . Sep 2, 2007
He was director of business development for the Tuba City Health Care Corp. for a brief period in 2003-04, practiced law before the Hopi Tribal Court in the 1980s, helped run a collection agency servicing the two northern Arizona reservations. He also served on the Tuba City School Board, and, along with his wife, was licensed as a foster parent with the Hopi Tribe. (AZCentral -- News)
Navajo council approves $4.1 million in special session Aug 28, 2007
A lockup in Tuba City was condemned late last year and now operates only as an 8-hour holding facility. Authorities have space for only about 80 criminals on the reservation. (AZCentral -- News)
As tribe, Ariz. wrangle, 80,000 must haul their own water Aug 26, 2007
Like many reservation homes, the plumbing fixtures in this one hold more hope than water, installed with promises of a modern water line from Tonalea or Tuba City. On a recent morning after returning from the well with a second tank full, Greyhatt started the siphon hose from the back of the truck and, as it drained, hiked down to the house. (AZCentral -- News)
Defending champion deep Aug 19, 2007
It leaves 3A open to programs such as Chinle, Ganado, Tuba City and Rio Rico. Hopi becomes the instant favorite in 1A/2A, with St. Michael, Scottsdale Christian and Chandler Valley Christian also in the mix. (AZCentral -- Sports)
New museum in Tuba City showcases Navajo history, culture Aug 18, 2007
TUBA CITY - Jocelyn Billy, the reigning Miss Navajo, was one of the speakers at the grand-opening ceremonies for the Explore Navajo Interactive Museum here in late July ... Across the plaza, the Navajo Code Talkers Memorial Museum occupies space in the rear of the Tuba City Trading Post ... One exit from the museum leads into the Tuba City Trading Post, built in the early 1900s as a marketplace where people could buy, trade and sell. (AZCentral -- Travel)
New Region Alignment Jul 24, 2007
3A East- Alchesay, Blue Ridge, Payson, Round Valley, Showlow, Snowflake3A West- Chino Valley, Estrella Foothills, Parker, River Valley, Sedona Red Rock, South Pointe, Wickenburg3A North- Chinle, Ganado, Holbrook, Monument Valley, Tuba City, Window Rock, Winslow3A South- Coolidge, Empire, Florence, Fountain Hills, Globe, Maricopa, Safford, Santa Cruz. 2A West- Antelope, Arizona Luthern, Bourgade, Phoenix Christian, Precison, Tonopah, Westwind Prep, Yuma Catholic2A Central- Camp Verde, Canyon... (The Insiders -- Arizona Prep)
North-South All-Star football rosters Jun 16, 2007
Mark Timpani, LB, Valley Christian; Vance Jenkins, DL, Bagdad; Isaac Remington, OL, Valley Christian; Ray Hamblin, OL, Round Valley; Colin Schroeder, DE, Phoenix Arizona Lutheran; Emery Brown, OL, Camp Verde; Michel Mathias, WR, Tuba City; Cody Rodriguez, WR, Snowflake; Ethan Amos, LB, Whiteriver Alchesay. Class 5A-4A South. (AZCentral -- Sports)
South tops North 3A All-Stars Jun 13, 2007
Jim McCurdy Special for The Republic Jun. If one thing was certain, the South wasn't going to get to coast. (AZCentral -- Sports)
RAAM solo cyclists make way through Arizona Jun 12, 2007
Lake Sun Leader - Sports. Tuesday, June 12, 2007. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Marathon results Jun 4, 2007
June 4, 2007 MEN'S ELITE FINISHERS. Christopher Cheboiboch. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
contact The Republic Apr 29, 2007
Flagstaff, Williams, Grand Canyon, Kayenta, Page, Tuba City 2710 N. Steves Blvd. #H Flagstaff, AZ 86004 Phone: 928-526-9598. Payson, Heber, Winslow 106 W. Bonita St. Suite A Payson, AZ 85541 Phone: 928-474-9368. (AZCentral -- News)
A mother, a daughter, a warrior Mar 23, 2007
Piestewa, 23, a Hopi from Tuba City, was the first American woman to die in the war in Iraq and probably the first Native American woman to die in combat overseas for the U.S. Shortly after Piestewa's death, Gov. Janet Napolitano renamed the Phoenix landmark in her honor ... Lori Ann Piestewa was born and raised in Tuba City, a high-desert, red-sandstone town 75 miles north of Flagstaff on the Navajo Reservation, one of four children of Terry and Percy ... When the marriage broke up, she moved... (AZCentral)
Profiles of Arizona's fallen soldiers Mar 9, 2007
100 Arizona soldiers have died in the line of duty since March 2003. The Arizona Republic Feb. 22, 2007 05:34 PM. (AZCentral -- News)
Arizona's fallen: 100 who died in Iraq and Afghanistan Mar 9, 2007
A famous football player who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan and a heroic Tuba City woman for whom a Phoenix mountain was renamed. A St. Johns soldier whose photograph flashed around the world when he bent down to give candy to an Iraqi child. (AZCentral -- News)
Native American athletes still struggle to get noticed Feb 22, 2007
TUBA CITY - Ryne Hemstreet's gold medal is displayed in the trophy case in his family's living room in this northern Arizona Navajo town. The aspiring 17-year-old baseball player, named after former Chicago Cubs great Ryne Sandberg, won it in Denver as a shortstop and pitcher for Arizona's 16-and-under Native American team in last July's North American Indigenous Games, an Olympic-style competition that attracted 7,200 athletes from the United States and Canada. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Hoodoos and forsaken souls Jan 10, 2007
The only markers are a windmill and a water tank on the north side of the road a few miles southeast of Tuba City ... Hoodoos arise -- some would say with ghosts -- from the floor of Coal Mine Canyon near Tuba City, Ariz ... Take I-17 north to Flagstaff, I-40 east to U.S. 90 north at Exit 201, U.S. 160 east to Tuba City and Arizona 264, the turnoff for Moenkopi. (AZCentral -- Travel)
