Navajo Nation

Regional News

Dozens of wild horses found dead amid Southwest drought

Animals were used to finding water in stock ponds

May 6, 2018

Film

New film festival seeks Navajo-language entries

to showcase short films from around the country

May 2, 2018

Southwest Life

Fort Lewis College students bring solar energy to Navajo Nation

installed at community gathering place

March 25, 2018

Regional News

Navajo officials commemorate anniversary of Treaty of 1868

The tribes’ officials said Friday that 2018 will by the “Year of the Treaty” to mark the 150th anniversary of…

February 10, 2018

Gulliford's Travels

Protecting the sacred: Navajo Nation buys land at revered peak in Colorado

Native Americans revere their sacred places, whose names have come down to them in ancient stories. But after being pushed…

February 10, 2018

Regional News

County officials ask Navajo Nation to help pay for strays

The Daily Times reported earlier this week that San Juan County expects to pay about $766,000 to house strays this…

February 3, 2018

Local News

Tribes united on restoring Bears Ears National Monument during testimony to Congress

Officials from Utah testified in support of the bill, including a San Juan County commissioner who is Navajo. House Resolution…

February 1, 2018

Local News

Tribes united on restoring Bears Ears

Testimony from tribal leaders dominates hearing on House bill

January 31, 2018

Southwest Life

Ute Mountain Utes blast member’s testimony against Bears Ears

says comments to U.S. House committee were an inappropriate political ploy

January 31, 2018

Regional News

Filmmaker to make code talkers movie

to be told from soldiers’ perspective

December 31, 2017

Local News

Navajo-Gallup water project gains pipeline contract

areas slated to get water soon

December 11, 2017

Regional News

FBI seeks potential sex abuse victims on reservation

Fydel Jonesdu1-i-syn Fydel Jones pleaded not guilty to several charges of abusive sexual contact and theft in October. He’s scheduled…

December 10, 2017

Local News

Navajos relate cultural, spiritual wounds from spill from Gold King Mine spill

Economic analyses fail to capture all harm from accident

November 7, 2017

Local News

Miss Hozhoni finds purpose in public health after personal diagnosis

Lewis College senior Natalia Sells believes more education and investment would help many reverse prediabetes

October 16, 2017

Regional News

Navajo, Hopi tribes get funding to ease coal plant shutdown

The Navajo Generating Station in Page and the Kayenta Mine will shut down in 2019 unless a new owner for…

October 12, 2017

Regional News

Firm to assess Navajo Nation uranium contamination

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the contract Wednesday to Tetra Tech Inc., headquartered in Pasadena. The EPA says the…

October 12, 2017

Regional News

Tribe: Navajo Code Talker dies in New Mexico

Pattersondu1-i-syn WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A Navajo code talker who used the Navajo language to outsmart the Japanese in World…

October 9, 2017

Regional News

Navajo Nation Council delegate trying to outlaw revenge porn

The Farmington Daily Times reported that Delegate Jonathan Hale is sponsoring a bill that would make it a crime under…

September 11, 2017

Regional News

Miss Navajo Nation contest is parting ways with fry bread

Women vying for the crown this week in Window Rock will prepare traditional Navajo foods instead, like blue corn mush…

September 5, 2017

Regional News

Navajo solar plant breaks new ground

The Kayenta Solar Facility is the first utility-scale solar project on the Navajo Nation, producing enough electricity to power about…

August 28, 2017

Local News

Navajo Code Talker’s life told in film

‘Naz Bah Ei Bijei’ is about the heart of warrior Sam Sandoval

August 16, 2017

Sports

Durango junior selected for Native All-Star Camp

Durango High junior one of 25 girls chosen

June 15, 2017

Faith

Former Cortez priest, Rev. Larry Gallegos, dies at 78

had served in Durango for nearly 30 years

June 13, 2017

Regional News

Earthquake rattles Utah south of Bluff

damage or injuries reported

April 25, 2017