Business

Frontier Communications and the Communications Workers of America have reached a new three-year union contract that includes pay increases for Navajo Nation workers after months of negotiations over a wage gap, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego said Jan. 27.

Flagstaff’s minimum wage is now $18.35 an hour, and employers are required to pay that full amount to all workers, including those who earn tips.

Ancient Wayves River & Hiking Adventures, a Diné-owned tour company based near Bears Ears National Monument, has been named the top tourism experience in the United States by JRNY Magazine’s 2025 America Awards.

A Navajo nonprofit and a long-standing housing partner working with Navajo and Hopi communities have secured major funding from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco’s Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development program.

A new chapter in local business development opened in Shiprock with the soft launch of a full-service Ace Hardware store owned and run by a Navajo family enterprise with deep roots in the region.