Author: Cindy Yurth

At hearings before the U.S. Senate’s Indian Affairs Committee Wednesday, President Russell Begaye disputed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy’s testimony that the EPA is continuing to supply hay and water to communities affected by the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine Spill.

With just five contestants vying for Miss Navajo, it was one girl, one sheep at the Miss Navajo Nation butchering competition Wednesday at the 69th annual Navajo Nation Fair.

Celebrity environmental activist Erin Brockovich toured farms along the San Juan River and spoke at two Navajo Nation high schools Thursday, promising to bring national attention to the August 5 spill of 3 million gallons of mine wastewater into the Animas River upstream of the San Juan.