The Gallup City Council on Tuesday night voted 4-1 to delay a vote on an agreement that would deliver nearly 110 million gallons of wastewater each year to a proposed 330-acre data center.

Nearly 3 years in, unscrupulous sober living home providers continue recruiting and exploiting Native Americans. Lawmakers say systemic oversight failures persist at AHCCCS, while legitimate providers contend the agency’s response is still hindering care for vulnerable patients.

Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

Social Distortion's Mike Ness on the state of the world: "They’re suppressing free speech right now. It’s fucking insane. I’ve never seen this in my 60 years of being on this earth. It’s bad, and maybe it’s subconscious."

Alysa Liu is left to carry the hopes of the “Blade Angels” into the women’s free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The reigning world champion was the only one of America’s figure skating trio to put herself in contention for gold after the short program on Tuesday night.

Weeks before Germany's May 1945 surrender in WWII, three babies were born to three Nazi prisoners. Remarkably, their mothers managed to deceive their Nazi captors and keep their babies alive. cbsn.ws/4aEnyDX

This is the fourth Winter Olympics for the married U.S. ice dancing pair Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and likely their last, best shot at a medal. They have two as part of the team competition, but not on their own. n.pr/403pXmC

Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — but he’s not the first to pull it off at the Winter Games.

It was an honor to speak at American Indian Day at the Roundhouse today. New Mexico's tribes, nations, and pueblos play an essential role in weaving the unique fabric of our state's culture, history, and identity. #AmericanIndianDay #NativeAmericanHeritage #TribalCommunities

“No one is illegal on stolen land,” Billie Eilish said while accepting the award for the song from her 2024 album “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” bit.ly/4ruKqg8

Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

A decades-old New Mexico newspaper soon will be a thing of the past, as the publisher of the Independent in Gallup said Friday the publication will release its last edition Saturday. sfnm.co/4rlNN8K

Washington state is on track to host the first pumped hydro storage project the U.S. has built in decades.

Accidental 'crying horse' toy wins hearts in China reut.rs/4sXQbEj

[1/3] The JHR team is saddened by the passing of Kanienke:haka (Mohawk) journalist Thaioronióhte Dan David. Over a 45-year career, Dan reshaped Indigenous journalism in Canada, most notably as the founding force behind APTN News.

It's just wild to see in the federal government's own models how close the nation's second largest reservoir is to losing hydropower production, potentially for months on end in early 2027. Is the plan to just drain Flaming Gorge, Blue Mesa and Navajo to keep it propped up another year?

Things are pretty fucked up when Native Tribes are telling their citizens to carry multiple forms of identification 🪪 make sure they are not detained by ICE.

NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises. An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.” These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:

Writing this story was challenging because it relies on historical documents & spotlighting MMIP in the early 20th century. It’s my first time reporting about a Muscogee Creek Nation citizen. The story introduces this person & serves as part one of two stories. www.crosswindsnews.net/reflecting-o...

Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/059DXx

The White House launched a page on its website, titled the “Hall of Shame,” devoted to naming and shaming media outlets and reporters that publish stories President Trump disagrees with. “Misleading. Biased. Exposed,” the site reads.

As the news media struggles for relevance in a diversifying country, why does it seem as if the journalism industry has turned its back on (some) women and people of color? My Substack essay: https://loom.ly/lz9wJqg

Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were recruited may not outlive them.

The opening of an all-Native group art exhibition inside L.A. City Hall was filled with heartfelt thanks and celebrations from First Nations members and city council members alike. The full story: lataco.com/indigenous-l... By Héctor Zaldívar

The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

“One individual should not be able to unilaterally obstruct the swearing-in of a duly elected member of Congress for political reasons.”

BREAKING: Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva is sworn into office, ending weeks of delay as the House reconvenes for a vote on funding deal.

BREAKING: A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says.

Efforts to revive U.S. production of fuel for atomic energy could impact communities and landscapes across the country.

NEW: President Donald Trump has nominated former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, a conservative Republican who represented New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District for multiple terms, to serve as director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. sfnm.co/47t1oUZ

Greetings, this reminder is on a sidewalk in Washington, D.C.

Phoenix, Arizona on this day 25 years ago... Relive the whole performance: pj.lnk.to/20001021TP 🎥: "Long Road", Touring Band 2000

In a little over a week, more than 450,000 New Mexicans will likely lose their food benefits amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. buff.ly/iBjgAdP

Navajo Technical University, a school based in Crownpoint, New Mexico, is building a new database designed to be a hub for documenting and tracking cases of missing and murdered Diné relatives. It will also support families affected by the crisis.

Native drag artists demand more than token support. As mainstream drag has become sanitized for mass audiences, Native performers are holding onto their authenticity. www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/...

The New Mexico Supreme Court is moving forward with hearings on the state's request to remove Eleventh Judicial District Attorney Bernadette Martin from office. buff.ly/MAc1yyz

The music world mourns the death of Ace Frehley, a founding member of KISS, who died Thursday at 74.

OK, here we go... I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game. Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

BREAKING: Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member, has died at 74.

A little look at the New Mexico celebrations for Indigenous Peoples Day.

Thanks everyone for reading my Boiling Point newsletter the last 5 years. Today's edition is a goodbye note — and an update on what comes next. Happy to say my @latimes.com colleagues will keep bringing Boiling Point to your inbox every Thursday! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Rib cage. Cacti high-rise condos. Potato rock. Clouds have competition.

The US Supreme Court today has refused to reconsider Apache legal efforts to stop the copper mine project at sacred #OakFlat. Once again, corporate greed tramples the Earth and Native spiritual rights.

The Supreme Court also rejected another effort to block a copper mine on an Apache sacred site. Once again, Justice Gorsuch dissented. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

NABS honors the lives of Native children taken from their families, remembers those who never returned home, and stands with survivors, their descendants, and Tribal Nations who continue to carry the weight of this history. Learn more here: https://loom.ly/UQfjjaU

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who first teamed up as Bill and Ted, are back together on Broadway in Waiting for Godot. The longtime friends told Tracy Smith their bond has lasted through decades of fame, joking it takes “work, commitment … and a certain degree of resignation.”

CO2 PIPELINE: A new $1.5 billion carbon dioxide pipeline from ethanol plants in Nebraska and Iowa to Wyoming is about to start operating and sharing proceeds with communities along the route. First in the Examiner from Paul Hammel: buff.ly/HqQcpmA

Military service is about courage and sacrifice. That’s what my father, a Marine, and my mother, a Navy veteran, taught me. But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)

Native American Rights activists have repeatedly called for the medals to be revoked. https://bit.ly/46pa8uF

The secrets of the Kahlo family are being revealed with the opening of the Casa Kahlo Museum this weekend in Mexico City.