After 16 years of delays, a jury is seated in 2009 double homicide case
Sonlatsa Jim walked into the Cibola County courthouse Monday carrying a feeling she said she has learned to expect after 16 years of postponements: “anxiety.”
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Special prosecutor files new ethics complaint against Nygren
Special Prosecutor Kyle Nayback filed a second amended ethics complaint Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in the Navajo Nation District Court alleging President Buu Nygren committed six violations of the Navajo Nation Ethics in Government Law tied to the 2025 budget process and related personnel decisions.
Opinions & Columns
Letters | Painted Desert support
When Painted Desert Power was first brought before the Cameron Chapter, I was not a supporter. As chapter president at the time, my responsibility was to listen carefully, ask hard questions and protect the interests of our community. I did exactly that.
Politics
Navajo Nation General Election Unofficial Results
The unofficial results from Tuesday’s Navajo Nation General Election are as follows. To see the full list, visit navajotimes.com
Business
Frontier, CWA reach 3-year deal with raises for Navajo Nation workers
Frontier Communications and the Communications Workers of America have reached a new three-year union contract that includes pay increases for Navajo Nation workers after months of negotiations over a wage gap, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego said Jan. 27.
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Navajo leads the country in vaccine rollout: Here’s what went right
For once, something is going right on the Navajo Nation. Like, very, very right.
Some 44.5% of Navajos living on the reservation have been vaccinated for COVID-19 at least once. That’s more than any state in the union (the closest competitor is Alaska at 15.2%). Way more than the country as a whole (12.8%). And more than any country in the world except the tiny, oil-rich United Arab Emirates (44.8%).
Sports
Top-ranked KC girls roll past No. 2 Gallup
Winning another District 1-4A crown is certainly within reach for the Kirtland Central girls basketball team.
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Culture
Seven-year-old song and dance prodigy captures hearts across Diné Bikéyah
At just seven years old, Kacee Yazzie has become a familiar name at song and dance events across the Navajo Nation. With turquoise gleaming and his steps locked to the drum, the second grader from Tó Łigaaí, New Mexico, looks at ease each time he enters the arena.
Health
Echo Cliffs breaks ground on $87 million staff housing to support new clinic
Construction is underway on staff housing for the Echo Cliffs Health Center, with a groundbreaking on Aug. 27 along Coppermine Road just south of the clinic site.
People
Colorado names Crisosto Apache poet laureate
“To serve as Poet Laureate of Colorado is to write from a landscape that teaches us how to listen. Listen to mountains that hold silence like an old wisdom, to rivers that speak in silver tongues of time, to plains that remind us of breath, distance, and belonging.
Education
Students explore the stars in three languages at Puente de Hózhó
An inflatable planetarium touched down Jan. 30, 2026, at Puente de Hózhó Elementary School, offering students a view of the stars and a chance to hear stories of the universe told in Diné, Spanish and English.
Arts
Ganado mother and daughter weavers partner on rug line debuting at Heard Museum
A mother and daughter from the Ganado area are taking Navajo weaving patterns from vertical looms into a new rug line set to debut March 6, 2026, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix.
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Colorado River talks press forward as reservoir levels show uneven strain
Water levels across the Colorado River system remain low, but the pressure is not evenly shared, according to figures presented Jan. 27, 2026, to Arizona lawmakers as negotiations continue over how the river will be managed after current rules expire at the end of the year.
