Navajo Transit System Returns, Gets New Funding
The Navajo Nation has received nearly 39 new hybrid buses to bolster public transportation on the reservation, according to tribal officials.
The $6 million grant comes from federal transit officials and the New Mexico Department of Transportation, officials said Thursday.
As vaccination rates continue to rise, the Navajo Transit System is gearing up to resume operations next Monday, June 7. Officials say the reopening comes with limited capacity and that the usual $2.00 fee will be paused amid the pandemic.
The Nation last week received notice that the American Rescue Plan would allocate $1.8 billion dollars to the tribe for COVID-19 relief.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Officials in Montana have released the name of a wildland firefighter who was critically injured while fighting a fire on private land in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S. Mexico border.
Tim Hart of Cody, Wyoming, was injured Monday following a hard landing after parachuting into rocky terrain in the Animas Mountains, said Marna Daley, a spokesperson for the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana.
“The Forest Service’s first priority is to provide for him and his family right now,” Daley told The Billings Gazette.
Written by Associated Press on June 3, 2021
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) A Wyoming smokejumper has died of injuries suffered last month while fighting a wildfire in New Mexico, the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday.
Tim Hart of Cody, Wyoming, suffered a hard fall on May 24 while responding to a fire in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. He was flown via air ambulance to a hospital in El Paso, Texas, where he died Wednesday evening, the agency said.
“Our hearts go out to Tim’s family, loved ones, friends, fellow Forest Service employees, and the entire wildland fire community and I ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this time of sorrow while respecting the family’s privacy,” Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen said in a statement.