Tsaile, AZ

FARMINGTON — A pair of bills that propose revisions to the Navajo Nation's tax law stalled at the tribal council's winter session on Jan. 26. Council delegates voted to table both bills, after several stated the proposals need input from small business owners. Together, the bills propose to raise...

The Cutter Lateral Water Treatment Plant was completed in 2020. It delivers clean water to 1,500 households in eight Navajo communities in New Mexico. /Photo courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Arizonans are facing water shortages as the Colorado River declines, but Teddy Lopez and many other residents of the...

The Navajo Nation Council is considering a bill to expand helium extraction on the reservation. Tribal leaders are eager to create revenue and jobs after recent coal mining losses. The bill would approve agreements for two projects north of Gallup, N.M., and one west of Chinle, Ariz., proposed by the...

TSAILE, Ariz. – Diné College recently announced they are launching a strategic design process that will chart a new plan to meet the needs of the Navajo Nation. Over the next six months, The Nation’s College will be meeting with key stakeholders, community members, students (current and former) to hear from them as to how to make the college better and more responsive to the needs of our people.

The mother of a man fatally shot by a San Juan County Sheriff’s Office deputy near Shiprock in July has filed wrongful death lawsuits in state and federal courts, contending the officer used excessive force because her son was unarmed. The sheriff’s office released a statement the day after...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials have distributed masks and hand sanitizers in the community of Shiprock, New Mexico to help keep local residents safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile Saturday, tribal health officials reported 330 new cases and four more deaths on the vast...

Parked in front of a Bashas in Dilkon, near the southern boundary of the Navajo Nation in Arizona, Amanda Yazzie and Hector Begaye take a quick break inside their work van to enjoy some lunch, even as multiple vehicles continued to stop at the driver’s side window to honk for their attention.

FARMINGTON — A wild night of district basketball across San Juan County saw the Kirtland Central High School girls basketball team knock off the Gallup Bengals, while the Farmington High boys basketball team stumbled out of the gate of their district campaign, losing at home to Sandia. Here's a...

NAVAJO — Navajo teams split victories against the Hobart Bearcats at Navajo on Friday, Jan. 14. This item is available in full to subscribers. Welcome to our new and improved website! To continue reading, you must log into your subscriber account, or purchase a subscription. If you are a...

FARMINGTON — It's been nearly five years since Navajo filmmaker Kody Dayish of Shiprock and his siblings Kolette and Kolin completed their first feature film, "The Red Hogaan." Exposure for the horror movie — a tale about a Navajo family that is menaced by a skinwalker while driving its sheep herd up a mountain — has been hard to...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Health facilities on the Navajo Nation are increasing the ability to test for COVID-19 and vaccinate people as the omicron variant spreads, tribal leaders said. Navajo President Jonathan Nez said the facilities also are working to give out more home testing kits this month while...