Jack Ahasteen lawsuit against Navajo Times dismissed with prejudice
The lawsuit filed by former contributing cartoonist Jack Ahasteen against the Navajo Times Publishing Co. Inc. has been dismissed with prejudice by the court. The case is closed.
They rolled out of Window Rock at first light, more than 50 motorcycles strong, and threaded their way west through the high desert in a single line that stretched along the red road toward the horizon. Behind them, the buttes and spires of the Navajo Nation rose against a cloudless sky as the riders moved in unison, headlamps lit, escort vehicles trailing the formation for miles.
President Buu Van Nygren. Chief Legal Counsel Bidtah Becker. Alfreida Nez. Candice Yazzie. Alray Nelson. Five subpoenas. Five no-shows. More names are coming.
The unofficial results from Tuesday’s Navajo Nation General Election are as follows. To see the full list, visit navajotimes.com
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.
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Rough Rock, Arizona, cowboy Ralph Gray III finally broke the ice for the 30-plus bull riders at Friday night’s Laughter’s Memorial Bull Riding event.
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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.
Tséhootsooí Medical Center’s emergency department and pharmacy are seeing longer wait times because of separate equipment problems, according to notices issued June 3 and June 6.
Derrick Watchman, a longtime finance and economic development executive, has been selected as chairman of Native American Bank’s board of directors, succeeding Kent Paul after 22 years in the post.
Shayla Chatto, a Diné scholar whose work centers on state-mandated PK-20 Native and Indigenous education, will join the University of New Mexico’s Department of Native American Studies as a 2026-27 postdoctoral fellow.
Twenty new sculptures have been installed in downtown Farmington as part of the city’s 2026-27 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, a public art program now in its fourth year.
Silversmith Mary Jane Garcia and fashion designer Virginia Yazzie Ballenger have been named grand marshals of the 2026 Eastern Navajo Fair Parade.