25th Navajo Nation Council Stands with Victim Advocates During Domestic Violence Awareness Month

In a united show of solidarity and advocacy, members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council joined families, survivors, and ...

Navajo Nation Council to Convene 2025 Fall Session Amid Budget Cuts and Calls for Accountability

On Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, the 25th Navajo Nation Council will open its 2025 fall session at 10 a.m. (MT) in the Navajo Nation Council Chamber, located in the Nation’s capital of Window Rock, Arizona.

Navajo elder lived in dirt-floor shack for 77 years — now she’s getting a real house. How her dream came true in her 80s

Benally is one of 84 Navajo elders selected to receive housing through a $14-million American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) ...
KJZZ

With more no-confidence votes, there’s growing disappointment in Navajo Nation president

It’s been an interesting few weeks since Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren suddenly fired the tribe’s controller. The Navajo ...
KNAU Arizona Public Radio

The Navajo Nation president tried to fire controller. The council filed injunction to try and stop it

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren tried firing the tribe’s controller — a move later deemed unlawful by the Navajo Nation ...

Navajo Nation road closure due to washout, significant storm damage

The Navajo Nation Division of Transportation posted on Facebook that N6461/N6460 on the west side of the Loop Road in ...
Navajo-Hopi Observer

Navajo Tribal advocate Clara Pratte running for Arizona Corporation Commission

Clara Pratte, a Diné living in Flagstaff, is hoping to be the first tribal member to serve on the Arizona Corporation ...
KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Major flooding washes out roads, strands residents on Navajo Nation

Multiple chapters on the Navajo Nation were impacted by recent flooding from a tropical storm that caused dams to fail and cut off access to homes and farmlands for residents.
KJZZ

U.S. rejects Navajo company's bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands

The Department of Interior said in a Tuesday statement that last week’s $186,000 bid from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. ...
Navajo-Hopi Observer

Navajo Nation public school districts visit DC to advocate for Impact Aid

Last week, the Navajo Nation Washington Office hosted Arizona public school representatives from the Ganado, Kayenta, Red Mesa, Page, and Pinon school districts to advocate for the ...

Navajo elder lived in dirt-floor shack with no electricity for 77 years — now she’s finally getting a real house. How her dream came true in her 80s

F or most of her life, Victoria Benally has lived in a one-room shack with dirt floors, a leaking roof and walls patched with ...
WFMY News2

She lived 77 years without electricity. Now in her 80s, a Navajo elder is getting her first house.

TONALEA, Ariz. — Victoria Benally has lived in a shack on the Navajo Nation for most of her life. It's one room with dirt floors covered by scraps of carpet, a door that doesn’t fully shut and thin ...