Five years to the day after Ella Mae Begay disappeared from her home near Sweetwater, Arizona, the only man charged in connection with her disappearance was no longer in federal custody, a date her eldest son described as cruel.
Executives of the Navajo Transitional Energy Company came before the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee June 11 to announce a record $5.5 million dividend and report roughly $121 million in total economic impact to the Navajo Nation in 2025.
The unchanging scathing data on Native homeland economy, unemployment, education, roads, housing and health conditions reveal the usual widespread “underdevelopment” of our homelands despite years of massive technical, material and fiscal intervention.
The unofficial results from Tuesday’s Navajo Nation General Election are as follows. To see the full list, visit navajotimes.com
Team members at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort recently collected 736 pounds of food to distribute to two northern Arizona organizations serving people facing food insecurity.
The Rising Stars Camp has endured some challenges the past few years.
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Strong winds bent canopies and swept across Johnson Field at the University of New Mexico on Sunday, but they did little to slow the drums, dancers and families gathered for the 67th Annual Nizhoni Days Powwow.
Tséhootsooí Medical Center’s emergency department and pharmacy are seeing longer wait times because of separate equipment problems, according to notices issued June 3 and June 6.
Derrick Watchman, a longtime finance and economic development executive, has been selected as chairman of Native American Bank’s board of directors, succeeding Kent Paul after 22 years in the post.
Three Saint Michael Indian School graduates received Eve’s Fund tribute scholarships during the school’s May 30 commencement, where 28 students graduated.
Twenty new sculptures have been installed in downtown Farmington as part of the city’s 2026-27 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, a public art program now in its fourth year.
The United States Senate did not act by a June 11 deadline on a resolution challenging the 2025 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument management plan, leaving the measure subject to 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
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