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Staff Reports WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Resources and Development Committee received a quarterly report from the Navajo Housing Authority on efforts to provide affordable housing and housing services for Navajo families and communities on Sept. 21. NHA Interim Chief Executive Officer Nellie Gilmore, NHA Chief Operations Officer Ernest Franklin Jr., and Board of Commissioners Chairman Marcus Denetdale provided the report covering April through July. During the reporting period, NHA advanced housing development, rehabilitation, and infrastructure projects while strengthening procurement, financial management, and operations. Accomplishments included completing and submitting the 2027 Indian Housing Plan and restructuring project management. Through July…
Staff Reports WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Health, Education and Human Services Committee reviewed a Navajo veterans housing report addressing construction delays, utility connections, contract spending, and the delivery of completed homes to veterans on Sept. 23. HEHSC Chair Vince James said recent meetings demonstrated the need for stronger communication and accountability among the Navajo Nation Veterans Administration, contractors, and utility providers. “The Committee shouldn’t have to bring every entity to the same table to move these projects forward,” he said. “Every responsible office must communicate, establish firm completion dates, and resolve the remaining utility issues. Our veterans should already…
A special moment unfolds under the Friday night lights as Sunshine Williams is crowned Gallup High School’s Homecoming Queen and Jarred Bahe is crowned Homecoming King during the Bengals’ Sept. 25 homecoming game. Photo Credit: Kayla McHale
Congratulations to the 2026 Tohatchi Homecoming Queen Hayden Skeet and King Brant Dauphainis. They were crowned during halftime at the Sept. 25 homecoming game. Photo Credit: Kim Helfenbein
New film celebrates the soul of Route 66 By Molly Ann HowellManaging Editor To celebrate Route 66’s 2026 centennial, a new feature documentary celebrating America’s most iconic highway is hitting the road and stopping in Gallup. Filmmaker John Paget’s Route 66: The Main Street of America screens Oct. 8 at the El Morro Theatre as part of a multi-state «rolling premiere,” where Paget and crewmembers will visit Gallup. The cross-country tour kicked off Sept. 1 at the Art Institute of Chicago near the starting point of Route 66, and it will retrace the mother road’s legendary path to Los Angeles…
