Author: Donovan Quintero

Along U.S. Route 89, the Bitter Springs housing tract shows its age – cracks underfoot, water in the walls, rooms packed tight. Residents want help, not more patchwork.

Parents, grandparents, educators and advocates told the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission in a series of public hearings that Gallup-McKinley County Schools mishandles student discipline, mistreats employees and fails to provide even the most basic resources at rural campuses – conditions they described as discriminatory, inequitable and unsafe.

For Kathleen Tsosie, a two-time cancer survivor and advocate, the RECA changes were a hard-fought victory and a reminder of unfinished business

Conservation groups are condemning new legislation from Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) that would wipe out protections for two Arizona national monuments created to block new uranium, copper and gold mining.

Delegate Shaandiin Parrish, the Budget and Finance Committee chair, said the Council spent months building a data-driven fiscal 2026 comprehensive budget, only to see President Buu Nygren’s line-item vetoes cut programs that directly serve families, chapters and youth.