
Holbrook, AZ — Navajo County employees are taking steps to provide local social service providers and those they serve with needed resources in these challenging economic times.

Holbrook, AZ — Navajo County Attorney Brad Carlyon invites applicants to serve on the local Crime Victim Compensation Board, which can award up to $20,000 to reimburse a victim of violent crime or a relative of a deceased victim for out-of-pocket expenses for medical treatment, mental health counseling, funeral costs and lost wages.

Holbrook, AZ — The President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) today announced that Navajo County has been designated as a “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” (HIDTA) and will soon begin receiving additional funding to assist law enforcement in the war against drug trafficking and abuse. The announcement was made in Washington by ONDCP Director R. Gil Kerlikowske.

Holbrook, AZ — Navajo County officials joined Governor Jan Brewer, local community leaders, and members of the public at two separate events in and around Snowflake on Tuesday, August 10.

Holbrook, AZ — Crime victims in Arizona have a constitutional right to receive prompt restitution for the losses they have suffered. Arizona’s Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights requires “prompt restitution from the person or persons convicted of the criminal conduct that caused the victim’s loss or injury.”

Holbrook, AZ — A Navajo County grand jury has indicted former White Mountain Lake Fire Chief Joseph Patrick Blake on 43 felony counts of theft, misusing public monies, fraudulent schemes and artifices and tampering with a public record.

Holbrook, AZ — Taylor resident Joe Clark has not yet been an attorney for a full year, but Navajo County Attorney Brad Carlyon has nominated him to the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council (APAAC) as Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year, citing accomplishments that Carlyon describes as extraordinary for a first-year prosecutor.

Holbrook, AZ — The Navajo County Board of Supervisors today approved the creation of a “Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team” at the urging of County Attorney Brad Carlyon and Sheriff K. C. Clark.

Holbrook, AZ — The Navajo County Board of Supervisors concluded a Special Meeting Wednesday, July 28, 2010, resulting in Resolution 47-10 being approved declaring a state of emergency in Navajo County.

Holbrook, AZ — In her ongoing effort to make voting as easy and simple as possible for Navajo County residents, County Recorder Laurie Justman is announcing the installation of five ‘drop boxes’ in outdoor, public locations where voters will be able to drop off their completed ballots at any time of the day or night.