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Utility crews from Arizona, New Mexico and New York recently connected six Diné homes to the electric grid and prepared 17 more homes for service under the Light Up Navajo and Naasgo’ initiatives.

What organizers described as hundreds of people filled the gymnasium at Glendale High School on Saturday, Feb. 28, for a full day of Navajo singing, dancing and storytelling, part of a celebration organized to bring together urban Native families and support the work of a Phoenix-area substance use treatment facility.

A mobile veterinary program is providing low-cost spay and neuter surgeries and vaccinations in the Navajo Nation as animal welfare groups try to meet a growing demand for care in communities with limited access to veterinarians.

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.