Navajo Times on Instagram: "Donovan Quintero | Sep 18, 2025 | News WINDOW ROCK Delegate Shaandiin Parrish, the Budget and Finance Committee chair, said the Council spent months building a data-driven fiscal 2026 comprehensive budget, only to see President Buu Nygren’s line-item vetoes cut programs that directly serve families, chapters and youth. Parrish explained that the Council began preparing the budget only weeks after passing the fiscal 2025 plan, determined to avoid the delays and gaps th

Navajo Times on Instagram: "Navajo Times | Sep 23, 2025 | News Memo backs 22 percent raises for federally funded Children and Family Services jobs WINDOW ROCK President Buu Nygren has signed a memorandum to the Division of Human Resources backing a salary-scale increase for federally funded employees in the Division of Children and Family Services. Thomas Cody, the executive director for the Division of Children and Family Services, said improving pay has been a priority since he joined the divi

Navajo Times on Instagram: "Donovan Quintero | Sep 25, 2025 | News ‘Enough is enough’ Bitter Springs tenants say NHA homes are falling apart BITTER SPRINGS, Ariz. Along U.S. Route 89, the Bitter Springs housing tract shows its age – cracks underfoot, water in the walls, rooms packed tight. Residents want help, not more patchwork. “Enough is enough,” said Loretta Seweingyawma, the Bodaway-Gap Chapter vice president. “The problem is these houses are falling apart now.” Built in phases beginning in