Rating: «« out of 4 stars

Running Time: 115 min.

Here’s one that has been a long time coming. The Founder was supposed to arrive in theaters in 2015 as an Oscar contender, but its release was pushed back a couple of times. Heck, it barely made it out this year. Although these types of delays often denote trouble, this biography of one of the men behind the fast-food franchise McDonald’s isn’t half-bad. The problem is that while it’s a decent movie, it also isn’t an exceptional one.

The story follows milkshake mixer salesman Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), struggling to make ends meet and driving from diner to diner, state to state, attempting to sell his wares. When he gets a...

What does it mean when someone tells you they are going on an alkaline diet or that they pursue an alkaline lifestyle? What exactly does this mean? What is the difference between the alkaline diet and let’s say, the Paleo diet, South Beach diet, Cleansing diet, Flat Tummy diet, Blood Sugar Solution diet, Ketone diet, Atkins diet, the Eat Right for Your Type, the Live Right for Your Type or any other diet book both past and present that currently stock our shelves today?

What is the difference? And what is the benefit to you the consumer to pursue an alkaline diet or an alkaline lifestyle? And finally, what does the individual truly understand when they use the word alkaline or...

President Begay in attendance

PHOENIX – The Arizona State Legislature inaugurated Jamescita Peshlakai as Senator for Arizona’s Legislative District 7 and both Wenona Benally and Eric Descheenie as State Representatives for District 7 Jan. 9.

Peshlakai currently serves as an Executive Staff Assistant for the Office of the President and Vice President and Benally serves as the Executive Director for the Navajo Hopi Land Commission Office. Descheenie had previously served as an Executive Staff Assistant for OPVP.

As Senator, Peshlakai said she would serve on the Natural Resource, Water and Energy Committee as well as the Transportation and Technology Committee.

“Legislative...

Navajo Technical University conferred 117 degrees and certificates on Dec. 9 at the university’s commencement ceremony, including a master’s of arts degree in Diné Culture, Language and Leadership when Aurelia Yazzie of Sheep Springs graduated.

Yazzie became the second student ever to earn the degree from NTU after Perry James of Continental Divide earned one in May 2016. Yazzie said she was appreciative of the program and enjoyed the approach it took in blending western education with traditional Navajo values and thought.

“The program goes in depth about what it really means to uphold traditional values and to learn and teach from that perspective,” Yazzie said.

Yazzie...