Author: Donovan Quintero

The Council spent six hours Thursday passing emergency legislation, overhauling its procurement code and correcting a redistricting error that threatened voters’ rights, while confronting the fallout from President Buu Nygren’s line-item vetoes of the Legislative Branch’s fiscal 2026 budget.

Coconino County health officials announced Thursday that a county resident has tested positive for measles, marking the first confirmed case in the county this year and adding to a growing statewide and national caseload that has alarmed public health authorities.

Gene Shepherd has worked at the Padres Mesa Demonstration Ranch since it opened in 2008. He helped build its fences, lay its water lines and shape the operation that later helped inspire the Navajo Beef brand.

Ina Noggle remembers the ambulances.

Sixteen years after Del Lynn Peshlakai, 19, and DeShauna Peshlakai, 17, were killed by a drunk driver in Santa Fe, their parents are still turning that loss into a public fight against impaired driving.