Called to serve: NTU grad’s path to health care begins close to home
Tia Julian Bia did not always picture herself in scrubs.
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Navajo Code Talker’s name now spans Cameron bridge
Eighty-one years after his service on Iwo Jima and 60 years after his death, Navajo Code Talker Jimmie Preston’s name now marks the U.S. Highway 89 bridge over the Little Colorado River in Cameron.
Opinions & Columns
Letters | Karson’s life mattered
This was taken Mother’s Day 2026 in Kayenta. It shows the tire tracks of the alleged drunk driver who took my grandson‘s life and changed our lives forever. And to add more insult to injury, there are 40-ounce beer bottles laying around the site where my grandson, 3-year-old Karson, lost his life.
Politics
Navajo Nation General Election Unofficial Results
The unofficial results from Tuesday’s Navajo Nation General Election are as follows. To see the full list, visit navajotimes.com
Business
Twin Arrows casino team collects 736 pounds of food for northern Arizona families
Team members at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort recently collected 736 pounds of food to distribute to two northern Arizona organizations serving people facing food insecurity.
Sports
Hózhó softball reaches 1A title game: Aztec, KC girls earn wins
The New Mexico softball playoffs resume on Thursday with three area teams earning wins.
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Culture
‘Reclaiming this space’
Nizhoni Days at 67
Strong winds bent canopies and swept across Johnson Field at the University of New Mexico on Sunday, but they did little to slow the drums, dancers and families gathered for the 67th Annual Nizhoni Days Powwow.
Health
Funding delays cloud diabetes program support
Vice President Richelle Montoya and Radeanna Comb, the program manager for the Navajo Special Diabetes, raised concerns this week about delays in diabetes funding that continue to affect services in tribal communities, even after Congress set the Special Diabetes Program for Indians at $200 million for fiscal 2026.
People
Navajo Pine teacher selected for Arctic, Pacific science expeditions
When Kim Etsitty sails into Southeast Greenland this year, then maps the seafloor between Hawaii and Guam, her students at Navajo Pine High School will be along for the ride.
Education
Diné student earns associate degree, salutatorian honors in same week
Maudicel Chavez, the great-granddaughter of Big Mountain matriarch Katherine Smith, will graduate as salutatorian of Odessa Career & Technical Early College High School on May 15, one week after she walked the stage with an associate degree in criminal justice from Odessa College.
Arts
Navajo filmmaker brings border drama to screen with Phoenix premiere
Kenneth Shirley’s new drama series has been a long time coming, and on April 24 it arrives at Celebrity Theatre.
Community
Two Grey Hills park hosts skate jam, seed planting on Earth Day
More than 100 young people and their families turned out at the Two Grey Hills Skate Park last week for the Protect the Land Skate Jam, an Earth Day gathering that paired skateboarding lessons with native seed planting, art-making and a park clean-up.
