Author: Donovan Quintero

The Navajo Nation has moved its 2026 presidential primary to July 21 to align with Arizona’s state and county elections, and candidate filing opens next week, according to the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors.

The endangered Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker could gain stronger protections after a federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency failed to fully review how its cadmium guidance could affect threatened wildlife.

The Trump Administration has opened a seven-day public comment period on a proposal to revoke federal protections around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, setting up a fast-moving fight over whether more than 336,000 acres of public land near the sacred landscape could be reopened to oil and gas development.

U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández visited the New Mexico Cancer Center here on Wednesday as patients begin seeking compensation under the expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, while ongoing barriers to cancer care across the Navajo Nation continue to limit access to diagnosis and treatment.

NTUA is proposing phased rate increases over the next three years that would raise residential water rates by about 53% to 57% and wastewater rates by about 219% to 243%, depending on which pricing scenario is adopted, according to a presentation delivered Tuesday night at a public hearing here.