Felicia Fonseca, Author at Valley News

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2019 photo Jimmie Long Jr. places the glass on an oil lamp inside his Kaibeto home on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. Long and his wife, Miranda Haskie, were spending one last night without electricity in their home before being connected to the grid on Thursday, May 16, 201. An ambitious project to connect homes to the electric grid on the country's largest American Indian reservation is wrapping up. Utility crews from across the U.S. have volunteered their time over the past few weeks to hook up about 300 homes on the Navajo Nation. (AP Photo/Jake Bacon)

No longer in the dark: Navajo Nation homes get electricity

by Felicia Fonseca Associated PressMay 18, 2019

KAIBETO, Ariz. — Miranda Haskie sits amid the glow of candles at her kitchen table as the sun sinks into a deep blue horizon silhouetting juniper trees and a nearby mesa.Her husband, Jimmie Long, Jr., fishes for the wick to light a kerosene lamp as…

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, a woman walks past trash piled next to a garbage bin at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. National parks across the United States are scrambling to clean up and repair damage caused by visitors and storms during the government shutdown while bracing for another possible closure ahead of the usually busy President's Day weekend. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

National parks rush to clean up toppled trees, trash after government shutdown

by Brady Mccombs Associated Press, and Felicia Fonseca Associated PressFebruary 1, 2019

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 1996 file photo, members of the Native American Church prepare for a prayer meeting in Mirando City, Texas. The Native American Church of North America has settled a lawsuit in late Jan. 2018, against the Transportation Security Administration, leading to more training for agents on how to screen religious items. The training will happen at airports that church members typically use to travel. (Joyce Marshall/Star-Telegram via AP, File)

Native American Church Lawsuit Ends in Settlement With TSA

by Felicia Fonseca Associated PressFebruary 15, 2018