Author: Donovan Quintero

Under a cloud-streaked sky, the line at the community standpipe inches forward beneath red sandstone cliffs.

An internal investigation at Piñon Unified School District No. 4 found $115,365.85 in cash that was never deposited over three school years and more than $2 million in undeposited checks and money orders recovered from one business office, district officials told the governing board during a public meeting.

The Arizona State Board of Education voted Dec. 8 to withhold 3% of state funding from the Window Rock Unified School District, the sharpest sanction issued against any Navajo Nation-area school district in a year of growing state financial scrutiny.

Four Republican candidates for San Juan County sheriff faced a Shiprock audience Saturday over a question that has followed the office for decades, one centered on how the county’s top law enforcement officer can serve Navajo voters in places where the sheriff has no primary criminal authority.