Author: Donovan Quintero

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman met Saturday for the only debate of New Mexico’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, drawing their clearest differences on environmental and energy issues while agreeing on much of an agenda that includes universal child care, expanded tax credits and resistance to federal immigration enforcement.

The Navajo Nation is being urged to pray for water as the Colorado River Basin enters another dangerous dry stretch.

Speaker Crystalyne Curley said the Navajo Nation will continue defending the voting rights of all Diné citizens after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Louisiana congressional map and narrowed a civil rights protection tribes have used for decades to challenge the dilution of Native voting power.

A $500,000 award that appeared to be headed to Amá Dóó Áłchíní Bíghan Inc. has been rescinded by the Navajo Nation Department of Family Services, sending the Chinle-based domestic violence and family services nonprofit back into uncertainty after months of trying to secure the money.

Stacey Banach stood beside Evangeline “Vangie” Randall-Shorty on April 25, holding a phone with photos of her late sister.