Author: Krista Allen

Thirteen candidates for Navajo Nation president laid out competing visions for the Nation’s future, from jobs and land reform to tribal government, during a presidential forum Tuesday evening at Greyhills Academy High.

A Navajo Nation judge denied President Buu Nygren’s request to block the Budget and Finance Committee’s housing contract investigation, allowing subpoena hearings tied to housing contracts and related matters to continue.

Controller Sean McCabe testified under oath Wednesday that he refused instructions to override financial controls in an earlier effort to send $24 million directly to ZenniHome and said the Navajo Nation faces a significant risk of having to repay federal ARPA money.

The Budget and Finance Committee’s second day of hearings over federally funded housing contracts centered Tuesday on whether the Navajo Nation Department of Justice would help create a process for public witness testimony after it advised subpoenaed employees not to appear.