Navajo Times

11/15/2025

Standing beneath the late afternoon sun outside the Rough Rock Community School gymnasium, 34-year-old Wesley Yazzie of Chinle paused as the rhythmic beat of drums carried across the field.

Standing beneath the late afternoon sun outside the Rough Rock Community School gymnasium, 34-year-old Wesley Yazzie of Chinle paused as the rhythmic beat of drums carried across the field. The Navajo song and dance was dedicated to honoring veterans, a moment of reflection for Yazzie, who recently....

11/15/2025

Winning a state title is ridiculously hard.

Winning a state title is ridiculously hard. The Monument Valley volleyball team came up short in its bid to win the program’s 15th state crown on Saturday night.

11/15/2025

The Naabik’íyáti’ Committee voted Thursday to table Kris Beecher’s confirmation as attorney general, halting President Buu Nygren’s effort to secure a permanent top lawyer for the Navajo Nation. The move leaves the appointment without a timeline and adds uncertainty to the Department of Justice’s leadership.

The Naabik’íyáti’ Committee voted Thursday to table Kris Beecher’s confirmation as attorney general, halting President Buu Nygren’s effort to secure a permanent top lawyer for the Navajo Nation. The move leaves the appointment without a timeline and adds uncertainty to the Department of Ju...

11/14/2025

A confidential 84-page report to the Navajo Nation Council outlines internal turmoil and contested authority inside the Office of the President and Vice President, describing staff fears, disputed personnel actions and questions about spending practices that surfaced after President Buu Nygren sought to remove Controller Sean McCabe from his position at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2025.

A confidential 84-page report to the Navajo Nation Council outlines internal turmoil and contested authority inside the Office of the President and Vice President, describing staff fears, disputed personnel actions and questions about spending practices that surfaced after President Buu Nygren sough...

11/14/2025

The doors stayed closed for years after Paul James Rock came home from Vietnam. When he and his wife Arlene sought housing assistance for their growing family, applications went nowhere.

The doors stayed closed for years after Paul James Rock came home from Vietnam. When he and his wife Arlene sought housing assistance for their growing family, applications went nowhere. They lived in the Bennett Freeze Area where development had been halted for decades, and caseworkers turned them....

11/14/2025

Navajo Nation District Court Judge Malcolm Begay has ruled that Speaker Crystalyne Curley can proceed with her lawsuit challenging President Buu Nygren’s attempt to fire Controller Sean McCabe, install an interim controller and enforce line-item vetoes that cut into the Legislative Branch budget.

Navajo Nation District Court Judge Malcom Begay has ruled that Speaker Crystalyne Curley can proceed with her lawsuit challenging President Buu Nygren’s attempt to fire Controller Sean McCabe, install an interim controller and enforce line-item vetoes that cut into the Legislative Branch budget.

11/11/2025

New Mexico lawmakers met for a three-hour special session Monday and approved $162 million in emergency funds to keep food assistance flowing if the federal government continues to block Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments.

11/10/2025

After Tuesday night’s play-in games, the Arizona Interscholastic Association is shifting the 3A volleyball playoffs to Millennium High School in Goodyear, Arizona on Saturday for the first and second round games.

11/10/2025

Federal environmental crews have started removing more than 13,000 cubic yards of uranium mine waste from the Mesa V complex in the Lukachukai Mountains, marking a new phase in the effort to clean up abandoned mines across Navajo lands.

11/10/2025

When hip-hop artist and activist Nataanii Means saw growing uncertainty surrounding federal EBT and SNAP benefits, he knew he needed to act.

11/10/2025

The Bureau of Land Management has reopened a review of federal protections near Chaco Culture National Historical Park, signaling that the Trump Administration may reverse a 20-year withdrawal that blocked new oil and gas leasing across more than 330,000 acres of public land in northwest New Mexico.

11/10/2025

The momentum swung both ways.
In the end, it was the Shiprock volleyball team that prevailed in another five-set thriller against the Gallup Lady Bengals in a key District 1-4A victory on Tuesday night.

The momentum swung both ways.. In the end, it was the Shiprock volleyball team that prevailed in another five-set thriller against the Gallup Lady Bengals in a key District 1-4A victory on Tuesday night