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WHITERIVER — The Dedication of the W, honoring the 49 White Mountain Apache Tribal members who lost their lives to COVID-19, will forever be r… Read more

SHOW LOW – Though St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone, the luck of the Irish could still be with you if you happened to be the one who bought … Read more

WHITERIVER — It was March 12, 2020, when the White Mountain Apache Tribe issued an emergency declaration due to the increase in the spread of … Read more

WHITERIVER — Some people do not want to wear masks, while others do. Read more

WHITERIVER — Wednesday, March 4 the White Mountain Apache Tribal Council passed a resolution which will move the Tribe into Phase Two of their… Read more

GREER – It has been said that if you don’t like the weather in the White Mountains, wait five minutes and it will change. With four different … Read more

ARIZONA — The IRS provides free volunteer income tax assistance for those who qualify. Read more

WHITERIVER — Though adept at a number of things, Isaiah Lee’s passion these days is horseshoes. It was basketball, but after a knee injury he … Read more

WHITERIVER — The daily post on the White Mountain Apache Tribe Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Facebook page for Sunday, Feb. 14 regarding C… Read more

GREER — Fifty years ago Sunrise Park Resort became a reality. Read more

WHITERIVER – According to a Jan. 21 press release, Arizona’s senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced that the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMA… Read more

WHITERIVER — Reading the signs of drought, White Mountain Apache Tribal Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood reached out to the Bureau of Indian A… Read more

WHITERIVER — According to a Saturday, Jan. 16 email to The Independent from White Mountain Apache Tribal Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood, “We… Read more

WHITERIVER – Jan. 2 the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) came out of their 72-hour lockdown, which began on Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. until Jan. 2, … Read more

WHITERIVER — Following a Dec. 29 post on Facebook by the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) Emergency Operation Center (EOC) at 3:51 p.m., WMA… Read more

WHITERIVER – The WMAT COVID-19 walk-up/drive-thru vaccine clinic took place on Wednesday at the Chief Alchesay Activity Center Parking Lot fro… Read more

WHITERIVER — On Jan. 2, the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) came out of their 72-hour lockdown which began on Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. until Jan. … Read more

WHITERIVER — Coming out of curfew at 5 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27, the White Mountain Apache Tribe entered into Phase One of their Revised Phase … Read more

WHITERIVER – For years people in the White Mountains have spoken of problems relating to rez dogs — rez dogs being those animals that are unca… Read more

GREER — Sunrise Park Resort, with fresh snow on the ground, celebrates its 50th Anniversary, opening its ski season Friday, Dec. 18. Sunrise P… Read more

WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe implemented a 72-hour shelter-in-place lockdown on Dec. 4. after 40 new COVID-19 cases were diagn… Read more

In the midst of a pandemic, on the eve of Thanksgiving, the Navajo County Board of Supervisors resolved to celebrate the contributions of Nati… Read more

WHITERIVER – Under the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Families First Coronavirus Response Act, food distribution made its wa… Read more

WHITERIVER — The White Mountains Apache Tribe has gained national attention for the success of its community-based, contact tracing approach t… Read more

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CIBECUE — A groundbreaking was held in Cibecue last Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Cibecue. The event took place at the site where a new ambulance stati… Read more

WHITERIVER — In a late night press release on Oct. 18 the White Mountain Apache Tribe announced that due to two employees testing positive for… Read more

WHITERIVER — Over 120 dogs on the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) reservation have been rescued thanks to Tails of Love Rescue. Read more

WHITERIVER—A man has been charged with two murders on the White Mountain Apache Tribe reservation, one was of Crystala Manzo whose body was di… Read more

WHITERIVER (Chinatown, One Step Beyond) - Navopache Electric Cooperative is planning to perform routine and preventative maintenance on Thursd… Read more

PINETOP-LAKESIDE — Though the 95th White Mountain Apache Tribal Fair & Rodeo was cancelled this year due to COVID-19, Chairwoman Gwendena … Read more

WHITERIVER — The Whiteriver Unified School District (WUSD) is working closely with the Tribal Emergency Operations Center (EOC) that was estab… Read more

WHITERIVER—Details are sketchy about a homicide on August 14 on the White Mountain Apache Tribe land but according to a relative of the deceas… Read more

The pandemic’s bad. Read more

WHITERIVER — The FBI has announced that the remains of missing White Mountain Apache Tribal member Willie Fernandez “Steamboat” Declay, (who w… Read more