https://www.ksut.org/tags/navajo-coal-series Navajo Coal Series en-US Copyright Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:05:13 GMT https://www.ksut.org/news/2026-09-08/navajo-families-homes-in-peril-as-tribe-works-with-trump-on-massive-coal-mine-expansion The tribe is asking the Trump administration to dramatically expand the life — and size — of an operational coal mine that could uproot the lives of some Navajo families. And their longtime homes. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:05:13 GMT https://www.ksut.org/news/2026-09-08/navajo-families-homes-in-peril-as-tribe-works-with-trump-on-massive-coal-mine-expansion Gabriel Pietrorazio https://www.ksut.org/news/2026-08-27/deliveries-bring-coal-to-navajo-hopi-residents-who-have-long-gone-to-great-lengths-to-heat-homes So instead of Santa hand-delivering stockings of coal along with his team of reindeer, it's NTEC — or the Navajo Transitional Energy Company — with its diesel-powered trucks trekking across the sprawling 27,000-square-mile reservation. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:27:00 GMT https://www.ksut.org/news/2026-08-27/deliveries-bring-coal-to-navajo-hopi-residents-who-have-long-gone-to-great-lengths-to-heat-homes Gabriel Pietrorazio https://www.ksut.org/environment-climate/2026-08-24/northern-arizonas-once-booming-coal-industry-has-left-a-tarnished-legacy-on-navajo-and-hopi-lands Coal is perhaps most closely associated with Appalachian states like West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky — or Wyoming, the nation's leading producer of the fossil fuel. But the coal-mining business was once thriving in northern Arizona as well, atop the Colorado Plateau. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:52:11 GMT https://www.ksut.org/environment-climate/2026-08-24/northern-arizonas-once-booming-coal-industry-has-left-a-tarnished-legacy-on-navajo-and-hopi-lands Gabriel Pietrorazio