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Gov. approves cuts to 2 Navajo projects

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:13 GMT

Gov. Bill Richardson has cut state contributions to two Navajo Nation projects in San Juan County to help close New Mexico's $650 million budget shortfall.

ABQ company builds Navajo phone service

Mike Powers — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28:55 GMT

Less than 40 percent of homes on the Navajo Nation have telephone service, but an Albuquerque company, Sacred Wind Communications, is working to improve that number.

Death penalty ruled out in nun's murder

Ian Schwartz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:15:42 GMT

The man accused of murdering a Catholic nun at her convent on the Navajo reservation will not have to worry about the death penalty.

Feds win suspect custody in nun murder

Ian Schwartz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:24:34 GMT

A federal judge Tuesday ordered the Navajo Nation jail to hand over to the FBI a tribal member accused of killing a nun in her reservation convent.

Tribe holds on to suspected nun killer

Ian Schwartz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:37:59 GMT

FBI agents were in Navajo Nation tribal court again Monday, and again they left without the man accused of bludgeoning a nun to death in her convent residence.

Governor hosts Indian education summit

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:18:23 GMT

Gov. Bill Richardson, teachers, parents, students and tribal leaders are set to gather Monday for a daylong Native American education summit that is aimed at finding ways to close the achievement gap and increase graduation rates.

USDA tries to end Indian farmer claim

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:28:15 GMT

The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades.

No arrests in murder of reservation nun

Jim Winchester — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:54:27 GMT

Federal and tribal investigators are looking for witnesses and a missing car after a nun who spent 10 years at a mission church on the Navajo reservation was murdered over the weekend.

Udall asks for phone service for tribes

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:47:52 GMT

Sen. Tom Udall is asking the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to share plans for providing telephone service to Native American communities.

Ski Apache storm drops foot of optimism

Jeff Todd — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:18:32 GMT

The first storm of the year came with a fury Wednesday night spreading a white blanket across the slopes of Ski Apache.

San Fidel shop named historic site

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:48:28 GMT

A curio shop that sold Native American crafts during Route 66's heyday has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Plea for leniency fails casino swindler

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:59:28 GMT

Slot boss Daniel Roybal will now have decades in prison to think about the embezzlement from Sandia Casino prosecutors are calling one of the biggest such crimes in local history.

Navajo lawmakers place Shirley on leave

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:24:46 GMT

Navajo lawmakers voted Monday to place the tribe's president on administrative leave, pending an investigation into allegations of ethical, civil or criminal involvement with two companies that had been operating on the reservation.

Tribal official moved body, feds claim

Alex Tomlin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:28:23 GMT

A Pojoaque Pueblo official who hit and killed a pedestrian stopped to roll the man over before fleeing, prosecutors allege based on a reconstruction of the incident.

Prosecutors: Pueblo leader moved body

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:54:55 GMT

Federal prosecutors believe Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz stopped her car after she struck and killed a pedestrian to move the body.

Officials detail resort makeover

Todd Dukart — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:57:02 GMT

Officials said during a news conference Wednesday that there won't be many changes on the outside of what's now the Isleta Casino and Resort as it becomes the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel Albuquerque, but officials plan to overhaul much of the resort.

Isleta teams with Hard Rock

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:17:50 GMT

What is now the Isleta Casino and Resort will soon become the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Albuquerque, and it could mean big business for the resort.

Isleta Casino adopting Hard Rock brand

Dave Bohman — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:58:32 GMT

One of New Mexico’s largest Indian casinos will soon have a new look and a new name when Isleta Casino and Resort will become the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel Albuquerque.

'Hard Rock' heads to NM

Dave Bohman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:33:30 GMT

With $2 million in rock-and-roll memorabilia and more in renovations, the Isleta Casino and Resort just south of Albuquerque is set to become the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Albuquerque, the first Hard Rock property in New Mexico.

Once worst, Navajo school joins best

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:25:17 GMT

While Tohatchi Elementary School is a new building this year, with walls decorated with Navajo language posters and student artwork, the demographics of poverty and language have added up in the past to some of the worst test scores in New Mexico. But about four years ago, students noticed a change.

Grant to improve pueblo's water system

Devon Armijo — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:57:22 GMT

A flood of good news in the form of cash has hit the Laguna Pueblo.

Feds: new contract for Navajo pipeline

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:32:45 GMT

The U.S. Interior Department has awarded a $27.7 million contract for the construction of a water pipeline on the Navajo reservation in northwestern New Mexico.

Seasonal flu shots for Navajo Nation

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:24:51 GMT

The mass vaccination initiative is sponsored by the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, the Navajo Nation, Tuba City Regional Health Corporation, Winslow Indian Health Center, Inc., Sage Memorial Hospital, McKinley County, and other health care partners in the region.

It's time for Shiprock Navajo Fair

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:25:38 GMT

An elderfest pageant Tuesday kicks off the 98th annual Shiprock Navajo Fair, the Navajo Nation's largest traditional gathering.

Task force to help tribal economies

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:42:56 GMT

Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday created a task force to help tribes attract high wage jobs, benefit from the tourism and film industries and establish enterprise zones.

58 tribes to share bond authority

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:18:04 GMT

Nearly five dozen of the nation's American Indian tribes will share $1 billion in bond authority through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Tribe buys financial firm

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:22:51 GMT

The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe has purchased a financial services firm, making it the first such firm owned by a Native American tribe.

Laguna delivers water pending pipe fix

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:10:23 GMT

Laguna pueblo officials said Wednesday that crews will be working through the night to restore the water to around 260 residents who lost service nearly a week ago.

Slain Navajo soldier laid to rest

Devon Armijo — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:45:46 GMT

A New Mexico soldier killed in Afghanistan was laid to rest Wednesday morning in Farmington.

Navajo soldier dies in Afghanistan

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:22:31 GMT

A soldier from Beclabito, N.M., on the Navajo Nation has been killed in Afghanistan.