At a community meeting meeting about a dozen projects seeking support were presented, ranging from a multi-million dollar green energy storage company to a community farming project, led by Duane "Chili" Yazzie from Shiprock who said young people have been returning to traditional farming on the Navajo Nation as jobs in the energy industry have dried up.
Nonabah Lane, a Navajo educator and admired sustainability leader with numerous MIT ties, has died at age 46. She leaves a lasting legacy at MIT and on tribal communities around the country.
A petition filed this week in the New Mexico Supreme Court challenges a constitutional amendment that made sweeping changes to the state Public Regulation Commission. The amendment, approved by voters in 2020, reduced the number of commissioners on the Public Regulation Commission and transformed it from an elected body to one with members appointed by […]