FARMINGTON — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez attended a public forum on Aug. 26 hosted by the Navajo Nation Washington Office, which provided a platform for members of the Navajo Nation to engage with Congressional state and Navajo Nation leaders regarding issues related to compensation and benefits provided through the federal Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act.

The Navajo Nation Washington Office worked with the Navajo Uranium Radiation Victims Committee to host the forum, which allowed New Mexico Congressional members the opportunity to provide updates on the status of RECA. Council Delegates Amber Kanazbah Crotty, Eugenia Charles Newton, and Paul Begay were also in...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order further expanding access to reproductive health care in the state of New Mexico on Aug. 31, continuing to build on her efforts as governor to increase access to affordable health care, safeguard abortion access, and protect New Mexico health care providers.

The executive order designates $10 million of the governor’s capital outlay funds for the development of a reproductive health care clinic in Doña Ana County, aimed at fortifying and expanding New Mexicans’ access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care, including regular preventative care, family planning, prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum...

A scheduled water outage will take place starting at 9 pm on Sept. 8 and ending at 1 am on Sept. 9.

City of Gallup Water Customers in the following area will be affected; 901, 905, 907, 909, 911, 915 and 950 Coal Ave; 1001, 1003, 1005, 1009 Coal Ave. Surrounding areas may experience low water pressure.

The Water Department will be repairing a broken water hydrant in the area and will need to shut off the water in order to do their work safely.

For any questions call Utility Dispatch (505) 863-1201 or a representative of the Water Department on their personal cell phone at (505) 879-572.

Cajaun Cleveland put a lot of work into preparing for the 100th Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial Queen pageant. Before the competition, she competed in the Navajo Technical University pageant in November and won. Less than a year later, she became the Ceremonial Queen on Aug. 10.

In an interview with the Sun, Cleveland discussed what she had to do to prepare for the Ceremonial Queen pageant. She said she went to ceremonies, talked to people in her community, along with former queens, and overall just tried to become more connected with her culture.

“I really had to put a lot of work in, because I had a lot of self-doubt and I couldn’t think about that. I gained self-confidence...