Upper Fruitland News

Obama meeting with Native American leaders at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque last Thursday From the Obama Campaign for Change: On the heels of three major endorsements from the Native American ...

Navajo Nation breaks ground on water pipeline project The 29-mile Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline will be completed in six phases by 2012, and will provide water to the communities of Farmington, Upper ...

GloJean Todacheene remembers using a bucket to haul water to her home in Two Grey Hills.

The Indian Affairs Committee, an interim legislative council, is meeting in Shiprock, Upper Fruitland and Nageezi this week to talk with leaders and discuss issues.

In a radio dead zone without his Gallup-based dispatchers, the solo state police officer - who shot and killed a man and wounded another during a three-on-one altercation last week - could not call backup ...

New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot a Din man and critically wounded his brother - who he had handcuffed to a third man - during a struggle following a car chase Friday morning that ended in Upper ...

The Central Consolidated School District is seeking a $22,000 refund from the Navajo Nation to reimburse taxes on fuel purchased to transport Navajo students.

With participants and spectators continuing to swarm the city during the National High School Finals Rodeo, the Farmington Indian Center is gearing up for its seventh annual Indian Market.

With participants and spectators continuing to swarm the city during the National High School Finals Rodeo, the Farmington Indian Center is gearing up for its seventh annual Indian Market.

The Navajo Nation Council this week approved approximately $650,000 for the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise to purchase a modular building to house Class II gaming in the Tse Daa K'aan Chapter, an agricultural ...

Marlin and Martha Saggboy look at the gravity-fed drip irrigation system set up for tomatoes and peppers at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington during the center's 5th open house and field tour ...

Morgan Spurlock's "30 days on the Navajo Reservation" was broadcast Tuesday night on the FX network, and the show received generally positive comments from Navajo residents.

Construction of the new chapter house in Upper Fruitland was a lesson in persistence, Council Delegate LoRenzo Bates told the community Wednesday at the dedication ceremony.

San Juan Dineh Water Users superintendent Martin Duncan discusses a pipe irrigation system with Fruitland, N.M., with farmer William Lee at Lee's 9.7-acre farm.

Raytheon Missile Systems' NAPI facility launched the Memorial Day weekend by honoring its employees and celebrating its new, 30,000-square-foot expansion project.

“We put it to the people, before the whole Nation, and they voted yes”

Two presidential hopefuls have filed to run against chapter President Duane "Chili" Yazzie for a chance at Shiprock's top elected position. via Farmington Daily Times

“Almost six years later no data is available from the task force other than suggestions for how to mitigate the effects of more drilling. We continue to say the way to prevent the ozone is to deny the permits.”

San Juan County is ranked No. 6 on the nation's Top 20 Worst Offenders for Carbon Dioxide Emissions list in research published by a Purdue University professor. via Farmington Daily Times

“She said she heard something pop, and all of a sudden it was on fire”

Alice Cabrales' sobs brought her to her knees. "I can't believe this, I can't believe this," she said again and again, clutching her dog Fred's curly black coat while gazing at the wreckage of her home. via Farmington Daily Times

Marcel Pete, 5, feeds baby food to his father, Monty, 28, while his 2-year-old sister, Angel, eats the crumbs off her dad's chin at the Little Feet Child Development Center in Upper Fruitland, Tuesday. via Gallup Independent

“My mom is in my life, too, but it's special to have my dad there. It feels good.”

It's often been said that a good man is hard to find. That was not the case Tuesday at Little Feet Child Development Center in the Sky Mesa View community in Upper Fruitland. via Farmington Daily Times