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The bill would create a 15-member Constitutional Revision Commission in New Mexico.

Can wild horses drag out a compromise to an old problem? Sherry Robinson No, wild horses. Maybe you’ve heard about wild horse problems in Placitas, outside Albuquerque, and on the Navajo Nation. Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, held up a map to show legislative committee members that herds of wild horses are scattered across the state. They’re often in competition with livestock for ever thinning range and water. Nobody knows who owns them or what state agency has jurisdiction. “I want someone to take responsibility,” Woods said. Woods, an East Side farmer, has tried different approaches ...

Shiprock, Upper Fruitland remain on tribe's COVID-19 advisory list FARMINGTON — Shiprock and Upper Fruitland continue to land on the Navajo Nation's health advisory notice for uncontrolled spread of COVID-19. The Feb. 22 list by the Navajo Department of Health showed 21 communities – a decrease of four from last week – and based on the number of cases from Feb. 5 to Feb. 18. Other New Mexico communities on the list were Baca-Prewitt, Chichiltah, Church Rock, Coyote Canyon, Crownpoint, Iyanbito, Nahodishgish, Rock Springs, Tohatchi and Twin Lakes. Communities outside the state are Bi...

Listen to an audio version of this remembrance. Karlets Dennison's favorite place to be was on a horse. Preferably with loved ones riding alongside him. "That was his love. His horses, his ranch, his rodeo," said his wife Debbie Jackson-Dennison. "And he loved sharing it with his kids and his granddaughter." But in the last months of his life, Karl didn't see much of his friends or family. He sat out the rodeo season. He and Debbie cancelled family gatherings at their ranch in Tohatchi, New Mexico, to avoid catching or spreading COVID-19. He sent daily snapchat videos to stay connected with...

FARMINGTON — The number of Navajo Nation communities named in a Jan. 25 health advisory notice as having uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 declined substantially this week compared to last week. The news came as Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock began scheduling people who already had their first COVID-19 vaccination for their second vaccination. The Navajo Department of Health identified 53 communities, each determined by the number of cases from Jan. 8 to Jan. 21. That is a decrease of 22 communities since the last report was released on Jan. 19. Health officials for the tribe ...