PHOENIX — Tribal leaders last week pleaded with the Arizona legislature to protect both the water rights and voting rights of Native Americans. Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) passed a resolution on Jan. 5 which formally adopted the updated guidance on quarantine an… Read more
A public-spirited deal between two broadband companies has finally created a redundant, outage-resistant system to provide internet and cell p… Read more
WHITERIVER — The show must go on and it did on Christmas Day. White Mountain Apache Tribal (WMAT) Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood and co-host… Read more
GREER — Hoping, but unsure if the snow which was forecast for Friday’s opening day would actually arrive, Sunrise Park Resort scheduled a limi… Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) moved to Phase I of their Reopening Phases as they came out of their second weekend lockdo… Read more
SAN CARLOS — The 13th Annual Apache Alliance Summit took place at the Apache Gold Casino on Nov. 11, hosted by Chairman Terry Rambler of the S… Read more
Coming to the big screen by early Feb. 2022, White Mountain Apache Tribe Traditional Man and Actor Delrall Deane from Whiteriver and three war… Read more
WHITERIVER — White Mountain Apache Ignacio “Nacio” Kenton, star of the independent feature film “Apache Leap” by Peridot Films, will be at Mia… Read more
WHITERIVER — Efforts to curtail the number of rising cases of COVID-19 on the White Mountain Apache Reservation resulted in a weekend lockdown… Read more
Maps proposed by Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Committee would create safe Republican Congressional and state legislative seats to inclu… Read more
Federal lawmakers representing Arizona have once again teamed up to save a stalled water settlement with the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — James Brimhall is operations manager for Exelligent, LLC out of New Mexico and he, like a growing number of individuals, wo… Read more
WHITERIVER — The 69th Miss White Mountain Apache Queen Virtual Pageant took place on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Hon-Dah Resort-Casino and Conference… Read more
WHITERIVER – Derrick W. Leslie, only 33 years old, knows about work-life balance. Read more
SHOW LOW — Friday, Sept. 10 is World Suicide Prevention day. Over 60 countries will participate. The theme this year, created by the World Hea… Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) Emergency Operation Center (EOC) issued a Public Health Notification on Sept. 1. Since Jul… Read more
WHITERIVER — Destiny Quintero was lost for six days. Read more
COVID-19 cases have blown up all across Arizona, especially in schools – leaving the school boards trapped between a new state law and advice … Read more
WHITERIVER — Monday, Aug. 23 at 5 a.m., the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) moved back to Phase Two of the Tribe’s Reopening Plan. The chan… Read more
WHITERIVER — A Public Health Notification regarding COVID-19 variants was issued by the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) Emergency Operation… Read more
WHITERIVER — ‘Round the Mountain today, July 30, many are remembering their family member and friend Phoebe Lee-Nez. Today is her viewing, her… Read more
WHITERIVER – The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) announced in a July 22 press release that they were returning to Phase Three of their reop… Read more
WHITERIVER — Following the July 7 Public Health Notification, which confirmed the first two cases of the Delta variant for the Fort Apache Ind… Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) held a council meeting on June 30 and passed a resolution which lifts the ban and permits … Read more
WHITERIVER — Now that COVID-19 numbers have been dropping, and the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) is in the Modified Normal Phase of their… Read more
Get ready now. Read more
WHITERIVER — An announcement from Ft. Apache BIA Fire Management Specialist Candy Lupe announced that effective Wednesday, May 26, at 7 a.m. M… Read more
WHITERIVER — Policy Unit Coordinator for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), Derrick Leslie, appe… Read more
WHITERIVER — This week the White Mountain Apache (WMA) Police Department is joining the nation in celebrating National Police Week May 9 – 15.… Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) has been working for over 40 years to get a rural water system developed. Now, once again,… Read more
WHITERIVER — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced its Fiscal Year 2020 Competitive Indian Housing Block Grant … Read more
Why can’t we all be like Snowflake? Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), who actively went to war against the coronavirus and is close to entering Phase Three of … Read more
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
Sharing the proud moment with his wife on Feb. 17, Sheridan Gushoney observes as White Mountain Apache Chief Judge Georgina Hastings, right, a… 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
HOLBROOK — Navajo County and the White Mountain Apache Tribe struck a deal this week to rent the county’s unused juvenile detention facility t… 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
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