Shiprock News

Ojo Amarillo Elementary fourth grader Miguel Prettyboy plays a song on the piano on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

"I really want to let students know that their daily life is really a poetic life," she said during an interview with the Navajo Times.

McDonald's has been tacking a double-tax onto items sold at its Shiprock franchise, which has left some customers not-so-happy about their meals.

More than five years have passed since the last Navajo Nation chief of police was placed on paid leave.

Kayla Price, 4, sits with her mother Charlia Price at their home in Ojo Amarillo on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

The following offenses currently cannot warrant jail time or a fine on the Navajo Nation, but a committee is proposing changes: Those found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor could receive a penalty of either 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

After a four-day jury trial in federal court in Albuquerque, a Hogback man was found guilty Thursday of raping a woman in Shiprock.

Shiprock Chapter President Duane Chili Yazzie made a recent statement, to me and in public that he is concerned our school district thinks we know what is best for our students, implying he has an issue with us, and disagrees with our educational process.

The Navajo Nation is working with scientists on a new project to make sure that water is not reaching uranium-contaminated soil in northeast Arizona and northwestern New Mexico.

Haili Bekes, a senior at Bloomfield High School, poses by the bobcat mascot on Thursday.

Career Prep High School got its second chance. The Central Consolidated School District announced that it will not close the alternative high school, which has served hundreds of students since it first opened in 1995.

Well, Earth Day has come and gone. Family decided to help out. After selecting Route N-36 to Rez line; our task started.

On May 14, Albuquerque's The Gasworks unchains Paralyzer, Nuclear Reign , The Conjuring , WxAxR, and Friend to Foe.

TOP: BHP Billiton spokesperson Norman Benally speaks about Navajo Mine as a dragline in the background moves tons of debris from out of a pit Friday in Nenahnezad, N.M. SECOND FROM TOP: Loader operator with BHP Billiton Mary Lister scoops up coal from the ground to put into a waiting train Friday afternoon on the Navajo Mine site in Nenahnezad, ... (more)

Kristaphine Begaye, 15, a freshman at Career Prep High School, speaks to Central Consolidated School District Superintendent Don Levinski and Career Prep classmates, teachers and families about the need to keep the school open during a meeting at the school on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

The Northern Navajo Medical Center is working on its "pleases" and "thank yous." The hospital's customer service committee is creating a plan to improve service based on patient and employee complaints.

Career Prep High School Principal Joyce Rock looks at some of her students' art projects at the school Tuesday.

A Shiprock man who pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to a role in an armed robbery that left the alleged thief dead could face more than four years in prison.

Luci Tapahonso has been named the first Navajo Nation Poet Laureate. The announcement was made by Navajo Technical College President Dr.

Our news partners at the Farmington Daily Times are reporting the lockdown occurred after a threat was made Friday afternoon.