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Fire-ravaged New Mexico villages cling to faith, ‘querencia’

Eileen Celestina Garcia raced down the mountain that overlooks her parents’ ranch home in northern New Mexico where friends and family have gathered for decades and where she has sat countl...

DATE: May 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Southwest wildfires force evacuations, tighten resources

National Weather Service issues red flag warning for Thursday

DATE: Apr 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In drought-stricken West, officials weigh emergency actions

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to users on the Colorado River to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam that supplies hydropower to about...

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Juvenile lifer seeks reprieve amid broader push for leniency

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Shortly after Riley Briones Jr. arrived in federal prison, he cut his long, braided hair in a symbolic death of his old self. As the leader of a violent gang and just shy ...

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

White House releases report on Native American voting rights

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Local, state and federal officials must do more to ensure Native Americans facing persistent, long-standing and deep-rooted barriers to voting have equal access to ballots...

DATE: Mar 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Energy grants for U.S. tribes aimed at aiding vast power needs

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – More than a dozen tribal communities around the U.S. will share $9 million in federal grant funding for renewable energy projects, the U.S. Department of Energy announced ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Haaland: Report about Indigenous boarding schools expected soon

The Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report about its investigation into the federal government’s past oversight of Native American boarding schools. Interior Secretary Deb...

DATE: Mar 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Indian Health Service head nominated amid tough challenges

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday that he is nominating veteran health administrator Roselyn Tso to oversee the federal agency that delivers health care to more ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airman gets life in prison for death of Mennonite woman living in Farmington

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – An Air Force airman will spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping a Mennonite woman from northwestern New Mexico, fatally shooting her and leaving her body in t...

DATE: Jan 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Phoenix among those voluntarily losing Colorado River water

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The city of Phoenix this week outlined how it will voluntarily contribute water to a regional plan to shore up the country’s largest reservoir that delivers Colorado River...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo police chief leaves for same job in hometown in N.M.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The police chief on the Navajo Nation is stepping down to oversee a much-smaller police department in the town where he grew up. Phillip Francisco took over the Navajo Nat...

DATE: Nov 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Infrastructure bill to aid water projects on Navajo Nation

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Tribes welcomed an infusion of money in the massive infrastructure bill to expand broadband coverage, fix roads and address water and sanitation needs, but they say real c...

DATE: Nov 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News