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SHIPROCK — Evangie Begay talked with a customer about crocheted dish scrubbers as her sister, Cheryle Benally, put squash in a brown paper bag for the shopper. The sisters were among the vendors who sold zucchini, yellow squash and onions as well as sewn items and baked goods on July 10 during the opening day of the Shiprock Farmers Market. Benally said she enjoys sewing and her sister is the one with a green thumb, but they both like selling their items in Shiprock because it is clos...

The conversation was part of the Nez-Lizer administrations effort to hear about needs and priorities in chapter areas.

Navajo hospital vaccinates 2,400 people in one day Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 28% chance of precipitation 54% chance of precipitation 52% chance of precipitation 67% chance of precipitation ‘That was a big, crazy day’ By Shannon Mullane Durango and Pine River Valley reporter Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 5:03 AM Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 10:35 PM Vehicles line up for miles outside the community COVID-19 vaccination clinic a...

Indian Affairs Department Announces Partnership With Navajo Farmers To Provide Food Relief In Eastern Agency NMIAD News: SANTA FE — The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) has announced a partnership with Native American farmers in the Eastern Agency of the Navajo Nation to get food to families in need. The food distribution project is a partnership between Indian Affairs, the McCune Charitable Trust, and the Shiprock Chapter of the Navajo Nation. Local organic produce is being sourced...

By Ed Williams and Wufei Yu, Searchlight New Mexico | December 23, 2020 Wufei Yu/Searchlight New Mexico Richard Yue, one of the workers in Bryan Pengs New Mexico workforce, setting up greenhouses at the Big Buddha Farms in Oklahoma MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Irving Lin, a jovial entrepreneur in his late 60’s, wanted to share a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a near-miraculous way out of the economic devastation wrought on Southern California’s Chinese communities by the pandemic: the gift o...