Author: Donovan Quintero

The 25th Navajo Nation Council sat late into the night in Window Rock, debating why President Buu Nygren had cut millions from their budget with his line-item veto pen.

Family, volunteers and law enforcement are searching for Sharon Cachini, who was swept away by floodwaters Sunday night while returning home, near Highway 602, about five miles south of Gallup.

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