Arizona Congressional District 2 candidate Eric Descheenie stood among protesters in downtown Flagstaff on Saturday afternoon and sharply criticized U.S. military action in Venezuela, arguing that the operation reflects a long-standing pattern of American intervention rooted in resource extraction, imposed governance and disregard for Indigenous voices.
The Navajo Nation has acknowledged payroll errors affecting some employees following its most recent pay period, attributing the discrepancies to data migration issues tied to the rollout of a new human resources system. A corrective payroll run is scheduled for early January.
My name is Sean A. Begaye, a retired captain in the U.S. Army and Navajo veteran who served during the “War on Terror” and have been on three combat deployments to Iraq twice and Afghanistan
The unofficial results from Tuesday’s Navajo Nation General Election are as follows. To see the full list, visit navajotimes.com
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.
Andrés revealed a crew from his disaster relief charity, World Central Kitchen, was already set up in Window Rock High School’s Bee Hóldzil Events Center, packing food boxes for distribution and cooking meals for COVID-positive families forced to quarantine.
The University of New Mexico Lobos came within a final play of capping a historic season Friday afternoon but fell 20–17 to the Minnesota Golden Gophers in overtime at the 2025 Rate Bowl at Chase Field.
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At just seven years old, Kacee Yazzie has become a familiar name at song and dance events across the Navajo Nation. With turquoise gleaming and his steps locked to the drum, the second grader from Tó Łigaaí, New Mexico, looks at ease each time he enters the arena.
Construction is underway on staff housing for the Echo Cliffs Health Center, with a groundbreaking on Aug. 27 along Coppermine Road just south of the clinic site.
Edison Eskeets, a 66-year-old runner from Springstead, New Mexico, has spent decades preparing for a journey that mirrors one of the most painful chapters in Diné history. Through distance running, ceremony and storytelling, Eskeets retraced the 330-mile route of the Long Walk to honor those who endured the forced march and those who never returned home.
Students from across Arizona and New Mexico gathered in Kayenta on Dec. 13 for the community’s first robotics competition, a milestone that brought competitive STEM programming to the Navajo Nation and placed local students on the same field as teams from across the region.
For a moment, the gray sky above Dinétah opened, and sunlight spilled through, casting the scene in soft gold. Director Travis Holt Hamilton stood behind the monitor, watching as the lead actor, “Secody,” a 70-year-old veteran learning to forgive his father, knelt in prayer. The wind lifted the trees, the light intensified and then it was gone.
Cars began lining up before noon Sunday at the Monument Valley Welcome Center, stretching from the south parking lot toward the highway as families waited for a late Christmas luncheon
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