The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it’s a time of confusion

By Terry Tang THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP)- Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday. “I’m dreading it. I just don’t want to see how much we have to adjust,” Blackhair said while sitting in her home office in Tuba City on the Navajo Nation, the only area in Arizona that follows daylight saving time. With her husband working during the week in Phoenix, their clocks will vary. “Everything in our house is set to daylight saving time. It just kind of is an inconvenience because I am having to remember which car is on daylight and which is on standard time,” she said. “My husband will not change our time in our apartment (in Phoenix).” Those who live on the Arizona portion of the Navajo…

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