Author: Donovan Quintero

The Navajo Election Administration has certified 123 candidates for the July 21 primary election, but three grievances and one disqualification have left more than a dozen Council delegate races unresolved until the Office of Hearings and Appeals issues rulings.

Navajo police and environmental officials say no hazardous material was released after a crash involving a uranium transport truck near Shonto, Arizona, but the incident drew immediate concern from President Buu Nygren and at least one Council delegate over whether the Nation should reconsider its dealings with Energy Fuels.

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman met Saturday for the only debate of New Mexico’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, drawing their clearest differences on environmental and energy issues while agreeing on much of an agenda that includes universal child care, expanded tax credits and resistance to federal immigration enforcement.

The Navajo Nation is being urged to pray for water as the Colorado River Basin enters another dangerous dry stretch.

Speaker Crystalyne Curley said the Navajo Nation will continue defending the voting rights of all Diné citizens after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Louisiana congressional map and narrowed a civil rights protection tribes have used for decades to challenge the dilution of Native voting power.