Author: Donovan Quintero

Incumbent Council Delegate Vince James received 71.07% of the vote Tuesday in the Navajo Nation primary election and is expected to face challenger Christopher D. White again in November.

A day after unofficial results showed him winning the Democratic primary in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez headed to the Flagstaff Family Food Center, where he said the line of people waiting for food reflected an issue he would carry into his November rematch against U.S. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.

The 25th Navajo Nation Council placed six bills on consent agendas Monday as its summer session opened, including a no-confidence resolution against the Navajo Nation Veterans Administration executive director and an effort to override President Buu Nygren’s veto of a budget office restructuring measure.

The Navajo Nation Council rejected a $99,000 funding request for the Office of Navajo Government Development Monday after nearly two hours of debate over the office’s purpose and whether Diné have ever consented to the government that has legislated in their name for a century.

Monsoon rains made Black Mesa’s dirt roads slick and impassable Tuesday, prompting Navajo County to close its vote center at Black Mesa Chapter and redirect voters to Forest Lake or Piñon chapters for federal, state and county primary races.