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Silversmith Mary Jane Garcia and fashion designer Virginia Yazzie Ballenger have been named grand marshals of the 2026 Eastern Navajo Fair Parade.

Loren Anthony said he has learned to be ready when opportunity comes.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch’s 72-ounce steak challenge is headed to several Route 66 cities near Diné Bikéyah as part of a centennial caravan traveling from California to Illinois in June.

Thirteen families in Western Navajo were connected to electricity this spring after Salt River Project crews spent two weeks installing poles, transformers and wire through the Light Up Navajo VII initiative.

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.