Author: Krista Allen

A New Mexico architecture firm has sued ZenniHome over claims the company misused nearly $22 million in federal funds intended for Navajo Nation housing and failed to deliver any of the 160 modular homes it was contracted to build.

Special Prosecutor Kyle Nayback filed a second amended ethics complaint Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in the Navajo Nation District Court alleging President Buu Nygren committed six violations of the Navajo Nation Ethics in Government Law tied to the 2025 budget process and related personnel decisions.

A partial federal government shutdown went into effect early Saturday after the U.S. Senate passed a revised funding package, but the U.S. House delayed its vote until Monday.

The skateboard wheels hum against the asphalt of U.S. Highway 160 as Jalen John pushes east toward Shiprock, a Navajo Nation flag billowing from his shoulders in the high desert wind.

A confidential internal report from the Navajo Nation Office of the Controller lays out a proposed shift in how the Nation finishes spending its remaining State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds dollars.