Gov. Katie Hobbs on May 5 vetoed all 17 bills that would have made up Arizona’s 2026-27 state budget, sending the $17.9 billion package back to the Republican-led Legislature and leaving tribes waiting on funding tied to water rights, health care, food aid, schools and wildfire response.
A bankruptcy filing by ZenniHome came one day before a scheduled court hearing tied to a dispute over nearly $22 million for a Navajo Nation housing project, according to court records and attorneys involved in the case.
My name is Jerry Semallie from Cameron, Arizona. I am the grazing permit holder of the area that is a possible solar project called Painted Desert Power.
The unofficial results from Tuesday’s Navajo Nation General Election are as follows. To see the full list, visit navajotimes.com
Team members at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort recently collected 736 pounds of food to distribute to two northern Arizona organizations serving people facing food insecurity.
The Navajo Prep track team is sending 23 athletes to the New Mexico Class 3A state track meet, which gets underway on Friday at the UNM Track-Soccer Complex in Albuquerque.
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Strong winds bent canopies and swept across Johnson Field at the University of New Mexico on Sunday, but they did little to slow the drums, dancers and families gathered for the 67th Annual Nizhoni Days Powwow.
Vice President Richelle Montoya and Radeanna Comb, the program manager for the Navajo Special Diabetes, raised concerns this week about delays in diabetes funding that continue to affect services in tribal communities, even after Congress set the Special Diabetes Program for Indians at $200 million for fiscal 2026.
Dr. Shane Benally, a Diné optometrist who splits his practice between Santo Domingo Pueblo and Santa Fe, has been named 2026 Young Optometrist of the Year by the New Mexico Optometric Association.
A San Juan College High School senior has earned the Navajo Nation Seal of Bilingual Proficiency at the superior level, the highest recognition the Navajo Nation awards to students who demonstrate exceptional fluency in the Diné language.
Kenneth Shirley’s new drama series has been a long time coming, and on April 24 it arrives at Celebrity Theatre.
More than 100 young people and their families turned out at the Two Grey Hills Skate Park last week for the Protect the Land Skate Jam, an Earth Day gathering that paired skateboarding lessons with native seed planting, art-making and a park clean-up.
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