A disagreement over how to fix the Navajo Nation’s 2026 budget has deepened into a standoff between Speaker Crystalyne Curley’s 25th Navajo Nation Council and President Buu Nygren.
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Gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said returning to Shiprock felt like coming home. Her late mother, a U.S. Navy veteran and federal employee, once worked here, helping Native families through public service – a legacy Haaland said continues to guide her.
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Wearing her crown with pride and calm authority, 21-year-old Priya Simpson, the newly crowned 2025-26 Miss White Mountain Apache Queen, stood on the fairgrounds of the 112th Annual Northern Navajo Nation Fair and spoke about duty, not just to her people but to those struggling in silence.
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After weeks of political tension and dueling vetoes that rattled the Navajo Nation government, President Buu Nygren reversed course, restoring more than half a million dollars to the Legislative Branch budget days after cutting more than $6.6 million.
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For Lois Becenti, weaving has been both a livelihood and a way of life for six decades.
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