Associated Press
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Navajo man, his father and a business partner on charges that they were running illegal marijuana growing operations in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation to supply the black market.
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A quick-strike crew of Navajo firefighters and utility workers are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of the Eaton Fire that rampaged through the Los Angeles area.
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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland set out four years ago on a historic journey as the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs is outnumbered this legislative session, since Republicans expanded their majorities in the statehouse after the last election. But the first-term governor sees room for bipartisan compromise.
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Advocates for limits on indiscriminate outdoor lighting that obscures night skies worldwide are recognizing efforts by an oil and natural gas developer to reduce scattered light in New Mexico.
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Ski patrollers say they have reached a deal with Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort to end a strike that put a wrench in operations during the busy holiday season.
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Charles “Monty” Roessel, a former director of the federal Bureau of Indian Education and president of the first tribal college to be established in the U.S., has died.
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Opponents of a lithium mine under construction in Nevada worry the project has already caused a drop in groundwater levels that could lead to the extinction of a snail species.
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Officials say an anticipated surge of border crossings before President-elect Donald Trump takes office didn't happen.
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Peyote is sacred to many Indigenous people, but it's threatened by overharvesting and a resurgence in psychedelic use.