Navajo Nation

Twenty-five years after the murder of Fred Martinez Jr. in Cortez, former Cortez Journal managing editor Gail Binkly reflects on the local reporting that followed and how language around Two Spirit and LGBTQ identity has changed.

The Four Corners Poetry Festival brought poets laureate to the Durango Public Library for workshops and readings focused on memory, language, sensory writing and place.

It's not clear yet how the money would be distributed among several states in a river basin where political fights and an impasse over how to share water long term have persisted even during historic drought.

The Navajo Nation has come out in formal opposition to the SAVE America Act, saying it would disproportionately affect Navajo voters and other indigenous tribal communities nationwide.

Do you use ChatGPT? Do you talk to Siri on your phone? If so, you’ve helped fuel the rise in data centers. Now, the energy-hungry, water-thirsty centers are coming to places in the Southwest, including the lands of native peoples.

Leaders from the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs urging approval of the Northern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement. The agreement would resolve long-standing water claims and fund infrastructure to deliver reliable water to communities across northern Arizona.

Warm, breezy weather continues across the Four Corners. Plus, Cortez announces its July 4th celebration, Arizona enacts a Turquoise Alert for missing Indigenous people, and Navajo leaders push to protect Medicaid access.

A remote area of the Navajo Nation in southeast Utah is celebrating a long-awaited milestone — access to running water for the first time.

Today’s news includes widespread precipitation, the recovery of a missing girl in Arizona, Colorado immigration bill progress, Arizona vetoes, support for public media funding, and local infrastructure updates.

Federal cuts impact Teton County Library's popular CHOW and senior art programs, while the Navajo Nation Council confirms Jeanine Jones as the new Auditor General to modernize audit procedures.