Last month, a team of seven Conway Corp employees traveled more than 1,000 miles to bring light — literally and figuratively — to families in the Navajo Nation as part of the 2025 Light Up Navajo initiative.
Conway Corp Journeyman Lineman and Training Coordinator Si Anthony, Senior Lineman Nathan Ball, Apprentice Linemen 1 Dylan Hopper and Tim Ragland, Apprentice Lineman 4 Kyle Troxler, Electric Distribution System Manager Robert Meek and CEO Bret Carroll joined utility workers from across the country to help bring electricity to homes in the Dilkon District, a remote area of northeastern Arizona where many residents live without access to power.
The team spent two weeks working in six Navajo Nation chapters: Birdsprings, Whitecone, Dilkon Southwest, Winslow-Dilkon, Teesto and Jeddito. Throughout the project, the crew helped set nearly 20 utility poles, built new power lines and energized five homes – each in a different chapter.
For most of the residents they served, this was the first time they had electricity in their homes…