Navajo News

Gov. Bill Richardson says New Mexico has reached an agreement with the state Indian Affairs Department and the Navajo Nation that will clear the way for dozens of capital outlay projects.

Alamo Navajo School was recently recognized for achieving the greatest progress with the Reading First program of any Bureau of Indian Education school over a two-year period, 2004-2006. For their success ...

Headstones dating back to late 1800s may have been stolen from Cibola County family plot.

The New Mexico Attorney General's Office is appealing an air permit for a planned coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.

It has led to a Navajo, N.M., man being jailed on charges of murdering a pregnant woman.

Friends, colleagues and former clients describe Adele Foutz as a natural therapist.

Federal grants to protect stream quality by improving irrigation techniques are available for agricultural producers whose land is near Stevens and Shumway Arroyos.

The Navajo Nation has guaranteed protections for the bald eagle by adding it to the tribe's endangered species list a year after the federal government removed the bird from its list.

There are no federally reserved water rights for the millions of acres of state trust land in New Mexico, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.

The FBI on Tuesday identified 44-year-old Leroy Henderson, of Sanostee, as the man shot to death by Navajo tribal police Saturday following an extended car chase.

One-fourth of the state's 89 districts had vacancies in the top administrative position during the 2007-08 school year, said Tom Sullivan, executive director of the New Mexico Coalition of School ...

James Mason missed his job at BHP Billiton's New Mexico Coal mine for more than a year after health issues forced him to retire in December 2007.

The All Indian Pueblo Council, the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the leader of the Navajo Nation have thrown their support behind Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Finding a balance between the state's and San Juan County's needs is high on the Legislative Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Committee meeting scheduled here today and Friday.

An ordinance proposing that a sales tax increase be placed on the ballot for the November presidential election was tabled by the Cibola County Commission at its meeting last Monday.

A nationwide explosion of gang activity is hitting San Juan County hard, including the local communities on the Navajo Nation.

If Navajo Nation lawmakers really want to do something to benefit the Din people, they would be better off tackling issues such as royalties, roads, drunken drivers, and school uniform policies, rather than ...

State park officials want to know what people think about the possibility of designating the Shiprock pinnacle in northwestern New Mexico as a state park.

The Navajo Nation is seeking full control of the only national monument entirely on reservation land, the majestic Canyon de Chelly and its hundreds of ancient rock carvings and paintings.

ABOVE : Members of the Hopi dance group wait for their turn to perform during the Navajo Nation Fair Night Ceremony in Window Rock Saturday.